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Claypot chicken rice is one of the first few ‘all-in-one’ dishes I learned to made when I first started cooking years ago. It is actually pretty easy to make and though the name is ‘claypot chicken rice’, you don’t necessarily need to use claypot to cook it. You can also use the microwave or the rice cooker.

Claypot Chicken Rice

Here’s the recipe for:

Claypot Chicken Rice

Ingredients

300g rice, washed and drained

250gm chicken, chopped into small pieces or preferably sliced deboned chicken breast meat

1 chinese sausage, sliced (optional)

2 pieces boneless salted fish (about 20g)

3 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked till softened and sliced thinly

1 small carrot, diced

330ml water

sugar

pepper

sesame oil

garlic oil

light soya sauce

dark soya sauce

chicken stock

fresh ginger juice

oyster sauce

Instructions

1. Marinade the chicken with 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1tsp dark soya sauce, 1 tbsp light soya sauce, 1 tbsp ginger juice, a dash of pepper, 1 tbsp sesame oil and a pinch of sugar for at least 30 minutes.

2. In a separate bowl, mix the seasoning consisting of half piece of chicken stock cube (or half tsp chicken stock granules), 1 tsp light soya sauce, a pinch of sugar, a dash of pepper, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 tsp garlic oil, 1 tsp dark soya sauce.

3. Soak the salted fish in 1 tbsp cooking oil, a dash of pepper and a pinch of sugar for about 10 minutes.

4. Heat up some cooking oil in a wok and stir fry the marinated chicken over medium heat. Add the mushrooms, carrots, chinese sausage and the mixed seasoning. Stir and make sure it is all well mixed. Remove from heat before it is completely cooked.

5. Add water to the rice and place into the rice cooker. Add the salted fish and switch the rice cooker on. Let the rice cook for about 10 minutes then add in the half-cooked chicken mixture.

6. Let the rice cooker continue to cook.

7. Alternatively, you can always use the microwave to cook the rice under the ‘cook rice’ function for about 8 minutes before adding the chicken and then continue cooking.

8. You can serve the chicken rice with chillies, spring onion and coriander leaves.

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I’ve been to the Look Yuen Restaurant in Bukit Mertajam quite a few times already and each time, I never tire of their trademark dishes.

Look Yuen Restaurant

They have a variety of dishes to choose from but we always like to order their braised pork leg, fish curry and honey chicken, amongst other more normal dishes.

Fish curry

Their fish curry is slightly different from other places because it is a combination of coconut milk curry with lime. It may sound weird but the taste is really amazing because the sourish tinge actually helps to cut out the ‘too rich’ taste of the coconut milk. This is a must try dish if you are into curries.

Honey Chicken

The chicken was deep fried to a crispiness before it is added to their special honey sauce resulting in a savoury sweet chicken dish.

Braised pork leg

Their braised pork leg is really tender and just as tasty as the other dishes. The portion is really big too so only order this dish if there are a lot of you.

The prices are really, really reasonable and cheap. For the dishes above and a bowl of soup, a plate of fried onion omelette, rice and drinks the bill only comes up to RM67.20. That’s enough food for five adults.

There are ample free parking space around the restaurant and plenty of places to sit.

The restaurant is open everyday from 11am to 11pm. Their telephone number is 04-5074785.

Rating: 7 /10

Price: $$

For the location map to the restaurant, click here.

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