Savory Chicken And Rice In A Lotus Leaf

Ingredients

8 lotus leaves
1 c long rice
3/4 c sweet glutinous rice
2 c chicken stock
3 chinese sausages lop
8 chinese black mushrooms
2 tb shrimp
1 chicken breast
2 tb soy sauce
1 1/2 ts sugar
1/2 ts pepper
2 ts asian sesame oil
1/2 ts ginger
2 ts soy sauce
2 ts dry vermouth
1 slice soaked in warm water until soft
2 quart saucepan
3/4 chunks
1/2 put it on a cutting board
8 portions
4 packe tie it with twine

Instructions

heat for 20 minutes. Remove them from the steamer and cut each packet across the top to expose its contents. Serve with small dishes of soy sauce for dipping. NOTE: Sweet glutinous rice is also known as "sticky rice" because when it is cooked it becomes sticky. It is used to make poultry stuffing and leaf-wrapped rice packages; it is called sweet rice because it is often used to make sweet dishes. Soak it overnight before cooking for the best results. Makes 8 packets. From "Asian Appetizers" by Joyce Jue, Harlow and Ratner, 1991. ISBN 0-9627345-1-9.