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chinese-sticky-rice-(aka-"dirty-rice")

This is a beloved staple of Chinese-American Thanksgivings and a delicious comforting 1-bowl meal or side dish that can be enjoyed all winter long. This sticky rice dish is cooked in a similar manner to a risotto, but unlike risotto, the added trickiness here is that you want to be careful to not crush/mush the individual rice grains too much (this takes practice to get right). If this does happen, don't worry — it'll still taste great. Other recipes call for cooking the plain sticky rice in a rice cooker with the chicken broth and dark soy sauce, stir frying the aromatics separately, and then mixing the cooked rice together with the other ingredients at the end. While not traditional, this way definitely works — check out The Woks of Life for an overview of that technique.

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