Easy Fan Choy 饭菜

Step 1

Place one halved hard-boiled egg, cut-side facing down. Divide the char siu slices among 4 individual rice bowl. Scoop some char siu sauce over them. Portion the cooked rice on top. Press it down to pack it tight

Step 2

Place the bowl in the steamer, depending on how big your steamer is, you may need to steam in batches. Steam over medium heat for 10-12 minutes

Step 3

When ready to serve, place a serving plate on top of one bowl and quickly invert it and remove the bowl. You have a dome-shaped fan choy ready to be served. Serve with your favorite chili sauce if you like

Step 4

Follow this recipe to make the char siu and the char siu sauce. Cut the char siu into serving slices

Step 5

Rinse the rice in several changes of water until the water runs clear. Washing off the extra starches will make your rice not sticky after cooked

Step 6

Use a large strainer to drain the water off completely. Using a strainer is very effective to make sure no more water collects in between as this will affect the end result with your rice being too soft and mushy

Step 7

I use the cup that comes with my rice cooker, which is slightly smaller than U.S. standard measuring cup. Use the same cup to measure rice to measure the liquid.

Step 8

I usually use 1:1 ratio of rice to liquid if I cook in rice cooker, but for this particular recipe, I use a bit less liquid since we will steam it with some sauce later and I don't want the rice to be too mushy

Step 9

Preheat a large pan with some oil over medium heat. Add minced garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Take care not to burn the garlic. Add the rice followed by the soy sauce and dark soy sauce. My dark soy sauce is really dark, so I only use 1 teaspoon. You can use more if you like. Stir to combine everything. Remove from the heat

Step 10

Transfer the rice to the rice cooker. Add the liquid and stir to combine. I use my rice cooker's "white rice" setting. You can use whatever setting on your rice cooker

Step 11

When the rice is done, wait for 10 minutes before opening the lid of the rice cooker. After that, fluff the rice with a rice paddle and let it cool down a bit. You can prepare the rice few days before and keep it in the fridge

Step 12

Place one halved hard-boiled egg, cut-side facing down. Divide the char siu slices among 6 individual rice bowl. Scoop some char siu sauce over them. Portion the cooked rice on top. Press it down to pack it tight. If you don't plan to serve that many, you can keep them in the fridge covered with a cling wrap and steam them when ready to serve

Step 13

Place the bowl in the steamer, depending on how big your steamer is, you may need to steam in batches. Steam over medium heat for 10-12 minutes

Step 14

When ready to serve, place a serving plate on top of one bowl and quickly invert it and remove the bowl. You have a dome-shaped fan choy ready to be served. Serve with your favorite chili sauce if you like