Shanghai Vegetable Rice

Name: Shanghai Vegetable Rice (菜飯)
Yield: Serves 3–4 hearty rice eaters, 6–8 as a smaller portion in a multicourse meal.
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: ½ pound trimmed Chinese cabbage—either miniature green cabbages, or the crisp inner leaves and heart of the elongated variety with evenly broad, pale leaves (weight after trimming); 3 ounces Chinese sweet pork sausage (equal to 3 thin or 2 fatter sausage); 2 teaspoons Chinese rice wine or quality, dry sherry (optional); about 1 tablespoon corn or peanut oil; 1¾ cups cold water; 1 cup short- or medium-grain raw white rice; 2¼ teaspoons coarse kosher salt

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Preparation info

Serves
3–4
hearty rice eaters .

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking

By Barbara Tropp

Published 1982

About

There is, for me, something extraordinary about Shanghai. Its people have a striking combination of beauty, intelligence, and strength. You can see it in the Isaac Stern film From Mao to Mozart and read about it in books by Emily Hahn. And the Shanghai dishes I have eaten feature a delicacy and a simplicity that is unique in my experience of Chinese food.

This recipe was inspired by my Shanghai mentor and friend, Lucy Lo

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Asia
China
Shanghai
Main course
Dinner

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