rice dishes

Steamed Chinese Sticky Rice (糯米飯)

Growing up, one of my favorite dishes was Chinese sticky rice, 糯米飯. Mama Lin’s version in particular has always been my favorite. She usually flavors her sticky rice with dried shrimp (蝦米), dried ...

Chinese-Style Instant Pot Sticky Rice

WHAT IS STICKY RICE? Chinese sticky rice (糯米飯) is classic homestyle comfort food. Made with long-grain glutinous rice (sometimes called sweet rice), sticky rice is chewier and more gummy than ...

Vegan Congee Recipe (Jook)

Congee (pronounced jook in Cantonese, 粥) is one of my favorite comfort foods. I grew up eating Mama Lin’s congee, which usually consists of rice, water, pork and/or chicken bones, and dried seafood ...

How to Cook Short Grain Brown Rice 3 Ways: Stovetop, Instant Pot & Slow Cooker

Although I grew up on jasmine rice, I have learned to enjoy eating brown rice because it contains more fiber and other nutrients than white rice. In particular, I like short grain brown rice because ...

How to Cook Basmati Rice: Stovetop, Instant Pot & Slow Cooker

Here is a tried-and-true guide on how to cook basmati rice. This basmati rice recipe walks you through the stovetop, Instant Pot, and slow cooker cooking methods. Serve the rice with my paneer tikka ...

Red Curry Fried Rice with Olives

Thank you California Ripe Olives for sponsoring this post! Growing up in San Francisco, the only time my family went out for a picnic or barbecue is during the summer time. We would always grill ...

Basic Congee Recipe (Jook/粥)

WHAT IS CONGEE/JOOK? Congee is the ultimate comfort food in Asian cuisine. The word "congee" derives from Tamil, and different Asian cultures have their own version of this delectable, often ...

Kimchi Fried Rice

I remember the first I ever encountered kimchi over 10 years ago, when one of my college roommates apologized for stinking up the refrigerator with some homemade kimchi. Never in a million years did I ...

How to Cook Jasmine Rice: Stovetop, Instant Pot & Slow Cooker

Jasmine rice was a big staple of my diet growing up. Mama Lin always cooked jasmine rice for dinner. In her house, dinner without rice simply doesn't exist. Even on rare occasions when we ordered ...

Yellow Curry Fried Rice with Potatoes

It is no exaggeration when I say that I cook fried rice all the time---several times a month at least. Fried rice is something that anyone can cook without a recipe. Just throw some vegetables, ...

30-Minute Shrimp Fried Rice

When I was growing up, shrimp fried rice was a dish Mama Lin cooked occasionally to change our dinner routine. She would stir fry rice and vegetables with tiny dried shrimp, bits of Chinese sausage, ...

Simple Coconut Rice with Hint of Lime

Coconut rice is one of those items that I often see in the menus of Asian restaurants but never bother to make at home. There's really no excuse because it is so simple to prepare. Essentially, you ...