How to Make Tasty Pork ‘Okowa’ Glutinous Rice

Pork ‘Okowa’ Glutinous Rice. This Pork 'Okowa' recipe is inspired by Chinese rice dumplings made of glutinous rice stuffed with other ingredients and wrapped in large leaves. The triangular shaped dumplings are usually cooked by steaming. It must be time-consuming to prepare them.

The triangular shaped dumplings are usually cooked by steaming. It must be time-consuming to prepare them properly. This Pork 'Okowa' can be cooked by rice cooker. You can have Pork ‘Okowa’ Glutinous Rice using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pork ‘Okowa’ Glutinous Rice

1. Prepare 2 cups (180 ml) of cup) Glutinous Rice *short grain preferred.
2. Prepare 1 cup (180 ml) of cup) Japanese Short Grain Rice.
3. Prepare 250 g of Thinly Sliced Pork OR Pork Mince.
4. Prepare 1 of small piece Ginger *sliced into thin strips OR finely chopped.
5. It's 1/2 tablespoon of Sesame Oil.
6. You need 80 g of Bamboo Shoots (I use canned cooked Bamboo Shoots).
7. It's 5-6 of Shiitake *about 80g (If you use dried Shiitake, they must be well rehydrated).
8. You need 1/2 of Carrot *about 80g.
9. Prepare 1 tablespoon of Soy Sauce.
10. It's 1/2 tablespoon of Sugar.
11. Prepare 1 tablespoon of Sake OR Water.
12. You need 1/2 cup of Frozen Peas.
13. It's of Soup.
14. Prepare 2 cups (500 ml) of Chicken Stock *OR Water 2 cups & Asian Chicken Bouillon Powder 2 teaspoons.
15. It's 1/2-1 tablespoon of Soy Sauce *depends on the saltiness of the stock.
16. You need 1 tablespoon of Oyster Sauce.
17. Prepare 1 tablespoon of Mirin.

This Pork 'Okowa' recipe is inspired by Chinese rice dumplings made of glutinous rice stuffed with other ingredients and wrapped in large leaves. The triangular shaped dumplings are usually cooked by steaming. It must be time-consuming to prepare them properly. This Pork 'Okowa' can be cooked by rice cooker.

Pork ‘Okowa’ Glutinous Rice step by step

1. Wash Glutinous Rice and Regular Short Grain Rice together and drain..
2. Cut thinly sliced Pork into small pieces. Slice all vegetables into small pieces or thin strips..
3. Heat Sesame Oil in a frying pan and cook Pork and Ginger. When Pork changes colour, add Soy Sauce, Sugar and Sake (OR Water), add Bamboo Shoots and Shiitake and cook until the sauce is almost gone..
4. Make soup by mixing all the ingredients..
5. Place well-drained Rice in the rice cooker’s inner pot, place Pork mixture and Carrot over the Rice evenly. DO NOT MIX. Gently pour the soup over..
6. Press the Cook/Start button. When the rice is cooked, sprinkle Frozen Peas over and let them steamed for 10 minutes, then toss the rice gently..

Glutinous rice, also known as sticky rice, is called mochigome in Japanese. (Kome is uncooked rice.) Mochigome can be used to cook rice dishes that are quite similar in taste, texture and cooking method to risotto. Okowa おこわ (強飯) is a Japanese steamed rice dish made with glutinous rice mixed with meat or vegetables. It is sometimes combined with wild herbs (sansai okowa) and vessel chestnuts (kuri okowa). It is generally boiled glutinous rice blended with Azuki beans to give it red color for festive look, made by boiling regular rice with Azuki beans. Since Okowa is meant to be eaten at room.