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Chinese Sticky Rice (Nuo Mi Fan)

September 1, 2001 by Jennifer Che 6 Comments

The Rice
2 “cups” (Chinese rice cooker cups, which are 25% less than normal cups)
1 1/2 cup water
1 T soy sauce
1 T vegetable oil

In a rice cooker, combine the pre-soaked rice (drained), 1 1/2 cup water (or just fill it up to the level written on your rice cooker for 2 cups), 1 T soy sauce, and 1 T vegetable oil.  Cook rice according to the rice cooker’s instructions.

The “Goodies”

1/2 lb (225g) lean pork thinly sliced (e.g, pork loin)
3 T fried shallots
2T dried shrimp

Flavoring Agents
1/2 T cooking rice wine
2 T soy sauce
1/2 t salt
1 t sugar
1 T sesame oil

Soak the black mushrooms in hot water for about 10-15 minutes, until soft.  Slice into thin strips.  Heat 2 T oil in a wok. Add mushrooms, dried shrimp, and deep-fried shallots.  Stir fry until fragrant (1-2 minutes). Add the pork and cook until the pork becomes opaque.

Add the “flavoring agents” (rice wine, soy sauce, sugar, salt, and sesame oil) and stir to mix well.  Set aside until the rice is done in the rice cooker.  Once the rice is done, combine everything together and garnish with cilantro (optional).

Enjoy!

Note: Some people are really turned off by dried shrimp.  If you are one of those people, here is a modified recipe that works pretty well.
adapted from Homestyle Cooking of Taiwan by the members of NATWA

2 cups rice
5 dried mushrooms
10 slices of ginger
1/4 to 1/2 lb of pork 
1 1/4 cup hot water
2 T soy sauce

Crush the ginger slices in a plastic bag with a rolling pin (or heavy rock!) to release the ginger “juices.”  Heat 2 T sesame oil in a wok and brown the crushed ginger in the oil.  Once browned, remove the ginger slices.  Now saute the pork and mushrooms in the ginger flavored oil. Add soy sauce.

At this point, you can either add the cooked rice made from the above rice cooker method or add the soaked (but not yet cooked) rice to the wok.

If you add the cooked rice, then just combine with the “sauce” and serve.

If you add the soaked rice to the wok, proceed by adding 1/2 cup hot water.  Cover wok and cook at high heat for 2 minutes.  Stir again and add the remaining 3/4 cup of hot water.  Continue stirring until rice is cooked.  Cover wok and cook at low heat for an additional 10 minutes.  Serve.

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Comments

  1. L. Alstein says

    April 18, 2015 at 8:22 pm

    I always loved eating Nuoy Mai Fan! My parents are from Canton China and growing up in Brooklyn and Queens, NY, we had easy access to Chinatown! My husband and four sons also like the rice especially the dry shrimp! I’m definitely going to make this dish but I think I’m going to add a little Chinese Sausage and scallions instead of shallots which I love! I can’t wait to go shopping in Queens for all my Ingredients!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Che says

      April 21, 2015 at 7:51 am

      Chinese sausage sounds like a great idea. Enjoy!

      Reply
  2. Jennifer says

    September 5, 2015 at 12:17 pm

    How much rice is used in the first recipe?

    Reply
    • Jennifer Che says

      September 9, 2015 at 9:36 am

      Thanks for catching this! Post has been fixed

      2 “cups” (Chinese rice cooker cups, which are 25% less than normal cups)

      Reply
  3. pig says

    March 6, 2016 at 6:59 pm

    Hi Jen, thanks for posting this recipe for nuo mi fan. How long do you recommend soaking the sweet rice before cooking it in the rice cooker? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Che says

      March 6, 2016 at 11:12 pm

      Good question! I usually soak overnight, but my guess is that you probably don’t need to soak it that long, but honestly I don’t know what the answer to that is.
      Jen

      Reply

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