Claypot Rice

Claypot Rice

煲仔饭

Traditional Cantonese one-pot meal with rice, Chinese sausage, and vegetables cooked in clay pot. An aromatic dish featuring crispy rice bottom, tender toppings, and rich flavors from sausage oils.

Servings

1-2 people

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Spice Level

Not Spicy

Ingredients

Thai Rice
90g
Cantonese Sausage
1
Cantonese Bacon
1about 100g
Green Vegetables
as needed
Egg
1
Vegetable Oil
15ml
Huadiao Wine
15ml
Ginger Shreds
as needed
Chopped Green Onion
as needed
Salt
2g
Claypot Rice's Soy Sauce
as needed

Instructions

STEP 1

Process the rice according to the instructions above, rinse at least 3 times until the water is relatively clear.

Step 1
STEP 2

Cut some ginger strips and chopped green onions, set aside.

Step 2
STEP 3

Cut Cantonese sausage and cured meat to your desired thickness.

Thin slices heat evenly, cook easily, and fat penetrates the rice grains faster to enhance aroma.

Step 3
STEP 4

Add a little peanut oil to the bottom of the pot.

Step 4
STEP 5

Pour in the cleaned white rice and water, the ratio of rice to water is 1:1.5 (water about 1.5cm higher than rice), sprinkle a little salt.

Step 5
STEP 6

Bring to a boil on high heat. After water boils, reduce to low heat, cover the pot, and start steaming rice.

First pour rice and water into the pot, then turn on the heat. If you turn on the heat first to warm up, then add rice and water, the heated clay pot may crack due to sudden cooling.

Step 6
STEP 7

After about 3 minutes, you can open the lid, arrange the sausage slices and cured meat, and cover the pot again.

Let the fat from sausage and cured meat have enough time to penetrate the rice grains.

Step 7
STEP 8

Steam for 3 minutes, sprinkle some Huadiao wine along the edge of the pot.

Step 8
STEP 9

Meanwhile, heat another small pot, bring water to a boil, add a little oil and salt, blanch the green vegetables for about 6-7 minutes until done, then remove.

This step keeps the green vegetables bright and plump in color and texture.

Step 9
STEP 10

About 3-4 minutes after pouring the Huadiao wine, you'll smell the charred aroma coming from the clay pot. At this time, manually help the clay pot change the heating angle.

Let the clay pot heat evenly on all sides, this process lasts 5 minutes.

Step 10
STEP 11

Add ginger strips, crack an egg, cover the lid. Turn off heat after 1 minute.

Step 11
STEP 12

Let the clay pot rice sit on the stove, use residual heat to steam for 1 minute.

Step 12
STEP 13

Open the lid, arrange the green vegetables, sprinkle with chopped green onions.

Step 13
STEP 14

Pour the clay pot rice sauce over it.

Step 14
TIPS
  • Follow the instructions for cooking the Rice incompletely, and you can make an authentic Claypot Rice.
  • Some say the soul of Claypot Rice is the Soy Sauce poured on at the end; others think it's the Egg that's just right between raw and cooked.
  • Claypot Rice could rely on appearance, but it chooses to rely on substance. The Sausage has rich aroma, the Cured Meat has alternating fat and lean, with salty fragrance throughout; the green vegetables are crisp and refreshing.
  • The Rice comes from the wonderful fusion of oil and starch, with sweet and refreshing grains, each grain distinct, without any stickiness, rich but not greasy.