Step 1

Have ready all ingredients needed to make steamed glutinous rice with chicken.

Step 2

Soaked mushrooms in water till soft, about 2 hours.

Step 3

Then set aside rehydrated mushrooms and retain mushroom water.

Step 4

Also, soaked scallops for about 1 hour.

Step 5

Set aside rehydrated dried scallop and retain scallop water.

Step 6

Soak chinese sausage in water for about 10 minutes. Then remove the skin casing on the sausage.

Step 7

Then slice the sausage diagonally into semi-thin pieces.

Step 8

Next, peel and mince some garlic

Step 9

Lastly, slice thinly some peeled shallots.

Step 10

To prepare the glutinous rice, wash the rice and drained.

Step 11

Add enough water and set aside to soak for at least 6 hours or overnight.

Step 12

Prepare seasonings to season the soaked glutinous rice.

Step 13

Drained soaked glutinous rice and place into a deep bowl. Add in the seasonings and mix well. Set aside to stir fry the glutinous rice.

Step 14

To prepare the chicken, first cut deboned chicken thigh into bite size pieces.

Step 15

Skin ginger and pound to extract ginger juice.

Step 16

Have ready all seasonings to marinade the cut chicken meat.

Step 17

Add all the seasonings into chicken meat and marinade for at least 3 hours. Meanwhile we are ready to fry the prepared ingredients.

Step 18

First, heat up oil in wok and saute slice shallot.

Step 19

Fry the shallot till golden, remove and retain the oil to use to stir fry other ingredients.

Step 20

Using a little of the shallot oil, stir fry minced garlic, mushroom and chinese sausage.

Step 21

When aromatic, add in mushroom water and continue to saute till dry.

Step 22

Set aside the fried mushrooms and chinese sausage toppings for later use.

Step 23

In the same wok, heat a little of the shallot oil and put in the seasoned glutinous rice. Stir fry till fragrant.

Step 24

Set aside the fried glutinous rice and we are ready to assemble the steamed glutinous rice with chicken into a bowl.

Step 25

Have ready all ingredients needed to assemble the steamed glutinous rice with chicken.

Step 26

First put 1-2 pieces marinated chicken, 1 piece fried mushroom (black face down), 1-2 pieces fried chinese sausage and 1 scallop into a stainless steel bowl. Then top up with sauteed glutinous rice.

Step 27

Next, press down gently the glutinous rice with the back of a spoon.

Step 28

Lastly spoon 4 tablespoons of mushroom/scallop water onto the glutinous rice and we have assembled 1 bowl of glutinous rice with chicken.

Step 29

Contine to assemble the same for the other 3 stainless steel bowls. And we are ready to steam the glutinous rice with chicken.

Step 30

Place the filled stainless steel bowls into a steamer with boiling water.

Step 31

Cover with lid and steam over medium heat for 40 minutes or until done.

Step 32

Remove from steamer when cooked.

Step 33

To release the glutinous rice, first run a knife around the stainless steel bowl and place a small plate above it.

Step 34

Then turn over the steamed glutinous rice onto the small plate and serve immediately.