[FancyAssLunchBox] 奶油起司燉飯Cream Stew w. Rice

July 30, 2013

Yep, this is my lunch box, this is what I bring to work. I fee like if I have to work hard, I have to eat great. When I don't have time to prepare lunch like this, I will bring Asian instant noodle ( Instant noodle runs in my blood) and I have come up with different ways of eating instant noodles. 

This dish takes about half an hour to prepare, and I just use whatever was left in the fridge, leftover rice, leftover chicken, leftover corn, leftover carrot...

And I love Japanese rice seasonings, this time I tried "Shiso" (紫蘇) the little bits of purple stuff is from rice seasoning. I love this one because it gives the rice a fresh minty flavour which balance out the cream stew. 

Shiso furikake (rice seasoning)

• Furikake is a dried mixed seasoning sprinkled over rice for added flavor
• Shiso, also known as perilla or beefsteak plant, has a distinctively delicious flavor
• Shiso is a relative of the basil and mint families, but has a stronger flavor reminiscent of anise

 Ingredients:

Rice
Rice seasoning
Cheese
Cream Stew:
Chicken                                    diced into little pieces, same size as other ingreidents
Shrimp                                    
Corn
Green bean
Carrots
Whipping Cream                      100ml
Chicken Stock/Water               100ml
Flour                                        2tbsp
Salt +Pepper

1: Cook chicken, shrimp, corn, green bean, carrots until soften
2: Stir in flour then add chicken stock/water, when it comes to a boil, reduce heat to medium
3: add whipping cream, salt and pepper to adjust taste, keep stirring until the mixture thickens

*rice seasoning and cheese are both flavoured, so you don't need alot of salt,
*Flour step came from Food Network when I was learning how to make chicken pot pie, but it works great as thickening agent. haha
* You might also want to separate first and second step, when first step is done, just put it aside, and use butter to cook flour and add in stock/water then stir in the cooked ingredients because it's kind of hard to dissolve the cooked flour when there's not enough oil left in the pan.

Assemble

Microwave for 3 minutes

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