Hong Kong-Style Clay Pot Rice with Beef
A comforting dish of marinated beef on fragrant rice with a crispy bottom, finished with sweet soy sauce for added flavour.
Ingredients
- 200 g short-grain rice
- 200 ml water 1:1 rice-to-water ratio; for jasmine rice, use 1:1.25
- 80 g beef short rib, diced or sliced into strips
- Vegetable oil for cooking
- 1 egg
- Chopped spring onion and sesame seeds (for garnish)
FOR THE MARINADE
- 1 tbsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 ginger slices, cut into strips
- 2 tbsp cooking wine
- 1 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
SWEET SOY SAUCE
- 5 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp cooking wine
- 1 tbsp syrup (or honey)
- Cook the soy sauce, sugar,cooking wine, and syrup over low heat, stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved. Set aside to cool before using. Alternatively, you can use store-bought sweet soy sauce.
Instructions
- Wash and rinse the short-grain rice thoroughly. Place it in a clay pot and add water (use a 1:1 rice-to-water ratio). Drizzle a few drops of vegetable oil over the top and let the rice soak for 1 hour.
- Rinse the diced or sliced beef under cold running water and soak it for 1 hour to remove excess blood.After soaking, squeeze out the liquid and pat the beef dry.
- In a bowl, mix the beef with baking soda, white pepper, soy sauce, ginger strips, cooking wine, flour, and vegetable oil. Let the beef marinate for at least 15 minutes.
- Heat the clay pot over medium-high heat until the rice starts to boil. Stir the rice gently to prevent sticking. Once it reaches a boil, reduce the heat to low and cover the pot,cook for 6 minutes.
- Arrange the marinated beef over the partially cooked rice, ensuring the pieces do not overlap. Drizzle the oil around the edges of the pot to help create a crispy rice crust. Cover the pot and cook on low heat for another 6-8 minutes until you smell a light charred aroma.
- Turn off the heat and let the rice steam with the lid on for 7 minutes.
- Uncover the pot, crack an egg into the center of the rice, cover, and steam for an additional 3 minutes.If you prefer a runny yolk, cover for just 30 seconds to 1 minute.
- Uncover the pot, garnish with spring onions and sesame seeds, and drizzle with sweet soy sauce. Serve and enjoy!
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