Steamed Garlic Ginger Chicken Rice

If you're living alone like me, then you should know the hassle of cooking for one... I used to have and use a small cooking rice at home but I don't like cooking 1 small cup of rice in a rice cooker.

Usually I had to cook more than I need and most if the time I cannot finish everything.

Then I bought a steamer and now I cook a personal serving of rice straight in a bowl... Problem solved.

Anyway, here's my take on a really simple rice dish that you can easily  prepare at home in a lazy Saturday afternoon.

Steamed Ginger Garlic Chicken Rice with Garlic Ginger Sauce (single serving)

Ingredients :

Wash and soak-
3/4 small cup of rice
1/4 small cup of sticky rice

Blend together-
2 inch ginger
4 cloves garlic

1/2 chicken breast/chicken thigh (bone in, skin on)

Dried shitake mushroom slices (soaked)
Dried soya chunks

1/2 Chicken cube (mix with 1/2 cup water) 
Salt & pepper
Sugar
Lime juice

Garnishing-
Sesame oil
Birds eye chili 

*garlic ginger sauce (recipe below) 

Method:

Drain rice, add to a bowl.

Mix chicken cube to warm water and add just enough to cover rice.

Add 1 tablespoon of ginger-garlic paste and stir.

Arrange chicken, mushroom slices and soya chunks on rice. Sprinkle Pepper powder.

Steam until fluffy (about 20 mins).

Garlic Ginger Sauce
Add 1 tbsp lime juice, 1/2 teaspoon Salt and half tablespoon sugar to the rest of the garlic ginger paste.

To serve:
Drizzle sesame oil on chicken and serve with finely cut birds eye chili and that garlic ginger sauce!