Steamed Chicken Rice with Microgreen Beans Recipe

People often get confused with Sprouts and Microgreens, we often get comments that microgreens are Taugeh (Sprouts). Sprouts and Microgreens are from the same seed but different stages of development. Microgreens are basically in between Sprouts and Baby Leaves, the next size up from Sprouts where the first true leaf have emerge. Both Sprouts and Microgreens are super nutritional, but they are still not identical. As a matter of fact, Microgreens are in general more nutritious than Sprouts, they also contain more fibre and they are more expensive than sprouts to purchase. Most beans can be grown into microgreen, such as Mung Bean, Black Bean, Soy Bean, Lentils, Red Rice Bean and Creeping bean. So we are making this classic steamed chicken rice recipe with a playful twist from our freshly harvested Microgreen Pearl Soy Bean instead of the usual Taugeh and garnish it with Microgreen Mustard for a mild spicy flavour instead of the usual Coriander, this dish instantly elevated to the next level.

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Ingredients

2 chicken chop / boneless chicken thighs
3 ginger slice
3 tablespoon light soya sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine (optional)
2 cups Microgreen Pearl Soy Bean
1 teaspoon sesame seed

Rice
1 cup brown rice, rinsed and drained
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 garlic cloves
5 ginger sliced
1 pandan leave, knotted
2 cup chicken stock (homemade are the best)

Methods

In a heat proof plate, marinate chicken chop in ginger slice, light soya sauce, sesame oil and chinese cooking wine for 30 minutes.
Prepare chicken rice: In a large pan, heat sesame oil and stir in garlic cloves and ginger slice for 1 minute, stir in brown rice and cook it on low heat for 3-4 minutes. Transfer to a rice cooker, add pandan leave and chicken stock and cook it in the rice cooker.
Place the heat proof plate with marinated chicken inside a steamer and steam it for 30 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Off the heat. Remove chicken and chop into pieces.
With the heat off, add Microgreen Pearl Soy Bean in the hot steamer and close the lid for 1 minute.
Plate your dish and sprinkle some sesame seeds on top of the chopped chicken and garnish with Microgreen Mustard. Serve hot.