Irene Kuo's 1-2-3-4-5 Spare Ribs

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 pounds meaty spare ribs (ask the butcher to slice them into individual ribs and cut each rib crosswise into 3 pieces
• 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons cider vinegar or Chinkiang vinegar
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 5 tablespoons water

Directions:

1. Put the ribs in a skillet or saucepan and set it over high heat; add the rest of the ingredients and stir to mingle. When the liquid comes to a boil, adjust heat to maintain a very gentle simmering, and cover and simmer for 40 minutes. Stir and turn the spareribs from time to time.
2. Uncover and turn heat high to bring the sauce to a sizzling boil; stir rapidly until the sauce is all but evaporated. Serve hot.

Note: It’s best (and easiest!) to ask your butcher to do the cutting, but if you find yourself with whole ribs, you can either carefully chop them yourself with a sturdy cleaver, meaty side down, or leave them whole. Left whole, they’ll be harder to stir and coat evenly and might look a little funny as the meat shrinks up on the bone, but it works fine in a pinch.

Source: https://food52.com/recipes/81231-irene-kuo-s-1-2-3-4-5-spare-ribs

Rice Cooker Chicken and Mushroom Rice

Ingredients

• 10 large dehydrated shiitake mushrooms (or as many as you like)
• 1 kg chicken (any cut you like)
• 5 slices ginger cut into strips
• 2 Chinese sausages (we get them from the local Chinese supermarket)
• 5 cloves finely chopped garlic
• chopped spring onion
• fried onion (optional)

Chicken Marinade

• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp shaoxing wine (use dry sherry as an alternative or simply skip this ingredient)
• 2 tbsp potato starch
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp chicken bouillon powder
• pepper to taste

Mushroom Marinade

• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
• 1 tsp potato starch
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp chicken bouillon powder
• pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Soak the dehydrated mushrooms in water. You can soak them in cold water overnight or in hot water for 20 minutes.
2. Wash the rice grains and drip dry in a colander to make sure they’re clean. Drizzle some oil over the rice and mix in well for additional flavour. Try to do this the night before to have the grains as dry as possible.
3. When you’re ready to begin cooking, squeeze the water out of the mushrooms. Keep the mushroom liquid.
4. Remove the stem off the mushrooms (I find scissors the easiest tool to use for this) then slice the stemless mushrooms.
5. Cut the chicken up into pieces. You’re after the size of roughly two large grapes.
6. Optional: remove the fat off the chicken and keep it aside to make lard for the rice. 
7. Marinate the chicken and mushrooms separately for a minimum of 20 minutes.
8. Heat up a wok or pan and dry roast the rice grains for a few minutes.
9. Throw in some of the chopped garlic to further infuse with the grains.
10. Pour the roasted rice and garlic into a rice cooker. 
11. Add 3 cups of water and 1/2 cup mushroom water. You can substitute the water for chicken and pork stock if you have it on hand.
12. Close the lid and let your rice cooker work its magic!
13. In a wok, add cooking oil and brown half the ginger and garlic. Throw in the mushrooms and stir them for a few minutes. 
14. Move the cooked mushrooms in a bowl.
15. Pour some oil into the wok and brown the remaining garlic and ginger. Add the chicken in and cook until the outside is seared. Cook it completely if you'd prefer.
16. Optional: make the lard by adding the chicken fat into a small pot. Turn the heat up and let it slowly cook until the oil has released and the fat has browned. 
17. Check on the rice. When there is no liquid above the grains anymore, push the Chinese sausages into the rice.
18. Add the fried onions and lard to the rice.
19. Layer the mushrooms and chicken on top of the rice. Close the lid and let it continue to slowly cook for another 30 minutes.
20. At the 15 minute mark, dig out the Chinese sausages and slice them thinly. Add them back into the rice cooker.
21. Add the spring and fried onions as a garnish then stir to mix in evenly. Stir the rice so that the grains are evenly coated with sauce.
22. Enjoy your meal!

Source: https://www.wokandkin.com/rice-cooker-chicken-and-mushroom-rice/#recipe