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Stir Fry Rice Cakes Recipe

Have a taste of Shanghainese food with stir-fried rice cake, which you may also know as Chao Nian Gao. The highlight of this dish is the chewy and soft rice cake, stir-fried with any of your favorite meat and vegetable ingredients, such as shiitake mushrooms and eggs. Enjoy this dish's contrasting flavors and textures with a savory brown sauce!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 2
Calories 307 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 to 2 rice cake logs thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp of oil for boiling rice cakes
  • 2 tbsp of oil for stir fry
  • 2 eggs
  • 10 g of chopped green onions
  • 10 g of minced garlic
  • 10 g of chopped Thai chili peppers
  • 20 g of sliced shiitake mushrooms
  • 20 g of sliced carrots
  • 20 g of sliced sausages
  • A bunch of bok choy
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp of soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp of oyster sauce

Instructions
 

  • Prepare the rice cakes. If using rice cake logs, slice them into thin oval pieces. The width should be about 2mm or 0.2cm. I prefer thinner slices to cook them faster in the pan.
  • Prepare a pot with water and bring to a boil. Once it boils, cook the rice cake slices with 1 tablespoon of oil for about 2 minutes. Drain and set aside. Adding oil helps the rice cake slices from sticking together in order to cook them evenly.
  • Clean and chop your meat and vegetables while waiting for the water to boil.
  • Beat 2 eggs. Heat oil in a pan and make the scrambled eggs by stir-frying in a quick circular motion.
  • When the eggs are cooked, add chopped green onions, minced garlic, and chopped Thai chili peppers.
  • Add shiitake mushroom slices, carrot slices, chopped sausages, and your other chosen meat and vegetables. Fry until they are well-cooked.
  • Put in the cooked rice cake slices and bok choy leaves. Bok choy leaves should be added last to prevent it from going soggy and retain its slightly crisp texture.
  • Season with salt, soy sauce, and oyster sauce. Stir-fry for an additional 2 minutes. In this last step, avoid overcooking to prevent the ingredients from going too soft or burnt.

Nutrition

Calories: 307kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 9gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 171mgSodium: 884mgPotassium: 223mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 2025IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 1mg
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