Thai-Style Sausage and Rice Dressing

Name: Thai-Style Sausage and Rice Dressing
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter; 1 bunches cilantro, stems and leaves separated; 2 larges eggs, slightly beaten; 2 Tbsps minced garlic, divided; 2 Tbsps minced ginger, divided; 4 green onions, chopped; 340 grams ground pork; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 Tbsp minced lemongrass (tender inner part); 710 milliliters reduced-sodium chicken broth; 237 milliliters chopped onion; 454 grams cubed stale sourdough bread; 237 milliliters sticky rice; 2 Tbsps Thai basil leaves; 3 Thai chiles, stemmed and chopped

Thai-Style Sausage and Rice Dressing might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 19g of protein, 15g of fat, and Head to the store and pick up butter, thai chiles, ground pork, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Soak rice in 2 cups hot water for 1 hour.

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Water

Rice

Drain rice. Line a bamboo steamer with foil and poke small holes all over the foil with a toothpick.

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Rice

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Aluminum Foil

Add rice to steamer. Set over a pot of boiling water and steam until rice is moist and tender, 15 minutes.

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Water

Rice

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Meanwhile, preheat oven to 37

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Whirl 1 tbsp. each ginger and garlic, the lemongrass, cilantro stems, and chiles in a food processor until chopped and blended, about 1 minute.

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Lemon Grass

Cilantro

Chili Pepper

Garlic

Ginger

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Food Processor

Mix in pork and salt.

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Pork

Salt

Melt butter in a large nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Add remaining 1 tbsp. each ginger and garlic, the green onions, and onion, cooking until softened, about 3 minutes.

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Green Onions

Garlic

Ginger

Onion

Add pork mixture and cook, stirring often, until no longer pink, about 4 minutes.

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Pork

Transfer mixture to a large bowl.

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Bowl

Add broth, steamed rice, cilantro leaves, basil, eggs, and bread, tossing to combine.

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Fresh Cilantro

Cooked Rice

Basil

Bread

Broth

Egg

Put mixture in a greased 9- by 13-in. baking dish. Cover with foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Bake 30 minutes.

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Oven

Remove foil and bake another 30 to 40 minutes until hot in the center and browned on top.

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*Sticky rice is often labeled "sweet" or sometimes "glutinous"; when cooked, it's dense and, yes, sticky. Find it in Asian markets and some well-stocked grocery stores.

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Sticky Rice