Gardenia Rice Fun Meal
1.
Wash the dried gardenias and put a few in clean water overnight. If you want a darker color, you can soak more
2.
Wash the rice and put it in the rice cooker, pour the filtered gardenia water (here to remind: the amount of gardenia water is equal to the amount of water used to make rice), pour it into the pot and mix well with the rice, press the cook button to start steaming the rice
3.
In the process of steaming rice, let's prepare the side dishes for the fun meal. Put the vegetables and fruits that can be used for decoration into the boiling water pot, add a little salt to cut off and blanch it, and be careful not to burn it. Let it cool. If you like the strong taste, you can add some seasonings and mix it.
4.
Chicken breast slices, add a little chili noodles (do not add it if your child eats it), salt, light soy sauce, ginger powder, black pepper sauce, oyster sauce and other seasonings, massage and marinate repeatedly, then leave it for 15 minutes. Add a little oil to the hot pan and fry the chopped onions in the pan to make the juice. Then adjust the medium heat and fry the chicken breast, shiitake mushrooms and yellow pepper. This is easy to taste. Don't worry about the onions being burnt. The onions are here just for frying. The juice is added to make the chicken breast more delicious
5.
Cut the carrot with a knife, and then cut out the shape of the foot according to the picture in the upper right corner, and then cut according to the dotted line, the foot is easy to make, and then cut two mouths and small flowers
6.
Wrap an appropriate amount of rice with plastic wrap, twist it, and wrap a thicker plastic bag outside, then tighten it firmly and use it to make a ball with your hands. It’s better to look tighter. The rice is not easy to loosen. Change another one or rinse with water to continue using
7.
Regroup several round rice balls and strips of unequal sizes in turn. Keep your hands moist when taking the rice balls to prevent the rice from sticking to your hands due to dryness.
8.
Combine the kneaded rice balls and put them on the mouth and feet made of carrots. The eyes can be made with black beans, chocolate sauce, seaweed, shiitake mushrooms and other materials.
9.
The rest is to change the knife with the dishes, blanched dishes and fruits that you have cooked by yourself, and then place them as a background foil.
Tips:
1. Soak the gardenia in clear water overnight. If you want to have a thicker color, you can soak more. Gardenia water is the same as the amount of water used to make rice in normal times.
2. Put the vegetables and fruits used for decoration into a pot of boiling water, add a little salt, and blanch them. Be careful not to burn them.
3. Background ingredients can be matched with vegetables, fruits and other dishes that your family likes to eat.
4. Some people say that it is difficult to do the feet, please refer to the simple drawing in the upper right corner of the fifth step, first the outline and then the dotted line.
