Photo: Sam Loyd
Sticky belly pork and rice wrapped in lotus leaves
24 ingredients
1 hr + 30 min
Serves 2-4
openrecipes
Take a trip to a Chinese supermarket to pick up the ingredients for this quick and delicious meal.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1047
Calories
62g
Protein
56g
Fat
69g
Carbs
Counts 16 of 18 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Sesame | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Peanut Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Shiitake | 1/2 cup (73g) | 34 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| White Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Lotus | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 300g/10½oz glutinous rice
- 1 tbsp peanut oil
- 2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger
- 2 small shallots
- small handful of dried shrimps, soaked in hot water for 20 mins, then drained and finely chopped
- 5 small, dried shiitake mushrooms
- 300g/10½oz pork belly
- 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- 1 tbsp Shoaxing rice wine
- 600g/1lb 5oz cooked glutinous rice
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- pinch sea salt
- freshly ground white pepper
- 2 dried lotus leaves, soaked in hot water for 20 mins, then drained
- 2 garlic
- 1 knob ginger
- 1 red chilli
- 150-200g/5-7oz baby pak choi
- 1 tbsp shaoxing rice wine
- 1 tbsp low sodium light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 tbsp black rice vinegarrice vinegar
- 1-2 spring onions
Directions
Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe in our database.
View the full recipe at the original source →
By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
openrecipes