New Year's Eve Dishes: Eight Treasure Rice | John's Kitchen

Name: New Year's Eve Dishes: Eight Treasure Rice | John's Kitchen
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 250g Glutinous rice; 2 tablespoons lard; 1 tablespoon White sugar; Some Red bean paste; Some Dried apricot; Some Lotus seed; Some raisin; Some Candied dates; Some Wolfberry; Some walnut; Some Red dates; Some chestnut

by Foreigner John

5.0 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Hard

Time

1h

Serving

5

Hello everyone, I'm the foreigner John. Welcome to John's little kitchen!

The Chinese New Year is approaching, and even all shopping malls and supermarkets in Toronto have hung up big roosters to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

My Chinese friends often ask me if I can make some New Year delicacies recently. I have been studying the recipes after get off work recently, and I plan to invite a few friends over for the Chinese New Year to make a table of Chinese delicacies for them.

Today, I will introduce to you a must-eat dish for New Year’s Eve: Eight Treasure Rice.

This dessert is simple and easy to make, and it is very delicious. It symbolizes the harmony of the whole family and the beauty. I hope it can add a beautiful scenery to everyone's New Year's table!

Watch the HD video tutorial: "http://v-wb.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjQ3OTc1NzQ4NA==.html"

New Year's Eve Dishes: Eight Treasure Rice | John's Kitchen

1. First, let's prepare glutinous rice. Soak 250 grams of glutinous rice in clean water overnight, or at least 3 hours.

New Year's Eve Dishes: Eight Treasure Rice | John's Kitchen recipe

2. After the glutinous rice has been soaked, spread two layers of roving cloth in the steamer, and then spread the soaked glutinous rice. Use the help of tools to spread as evenly as possible. Put the glutinous rice on the steamer and steam for 20 minutes.

3. After the glutinous rice is prepared, transfer it to a large bowl while it is hot.

4. Add a tablespoon of lard and a tablespoon of sugar to the steamed glutinous rice.

5. Stir the rice, lard, and white sugar together until each grain of glutinous rice is crystal clear and fragrant.

6. Add a piece of lard to a deep round bowl, and use a small brush to spread the lard evenly on the wall of the bowl.

7. Prepare all the dried fruits shown in the picture.

8. Place the prepared nuts and dried fruits into the bowl against the wall of the bowl. Everyone can use their imagination to make the shape they like.

9. Put the glutinous rice into the bowl carefully, with gentle movements, try not to damage the shape of the bowl, and then press it firmly with the back of a spoon.

10. Arrange the red bean paste into a round cake and put it on top of glutinous rice.

11. Continue to add the remaining glutinous rice to the red bean paste and press it firmly with the back of a spoon.

12. Finally, put a circle of dried fruits on the edge of the glutinous rice, as close as possible to the rice.

13. Put the shaped eight-treasure rice in a steamer and steam for 20 minutes.

14. Put the steamed eight-treasure rice upside down in a large plate, it may be very hot, please protect your hands.

15. In this way, our eight-treasure rice is ready, and everyone can eat it!

Tips:
Some ingredients in dried fruits and preserved fruits can be replaced according to your own taste, but red dates and lotus seeds are generally necessary.