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Kiam Pung

Kiam Pung is a deeply savory sticky-rice meal with pork belly, Chinese sausage, mushrooms, and hibe.

1 hour 5 minutes · Serves 5

Ingredients for Kiam Pung

  • 350 g pork belly
  • 6 shiitake mushrooms, rehydrated and sliced
  • 2 Chinese sausages, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons dried shrimps (hibe)
  • 2 cups glutinous rice, soaked for 1 hour
  • 1/3 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon minced ginger
  • 1 bunch mustard leaves
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 cups water or mushroom soaking water
  • Oil
  • Salt

How to cook Kiam Pung

  1. 1.Heat oil in a wok, sauté garlic, then stir-fry pork belly until browned all over.
  2. 2.Add soy sauce, vinegar, and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil and simmer until liquid reduces by half.
  3. 3.Add brown sugar, ginger, Chinese sausage, hibe, pepper, salt, and shiitake; simmer 2 minutes.
  4. 4.Transfer to a rice cooker with soaked glutinous rice and remaining 2 cups water. Mix and start cooking.
  5. 5.When boiling begins, stir in mustard leaves. Cook until the rice cooker switches to warm, then rest 5 minutes before serving.
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