A delicious and flavorful rice dish made with long beans, dried shrimp, meat, and seasonings is an easy and convenient weeknight meal and can easily feed a big crowd. The recipe can be made with an Instant pot multicooker or rice cooker.
Wash the rice in several changes of water until the water runs clear. Drain off water completely
Mix all the ingredients for seasonings and set aside
Cooking with a rice cooker:
Preheat a large work or skillet. Add cooking oil. Saute shallots until soft and fragrant, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and dried shrimp and stir fry for another 1 minute. Add meat and stir fry until they turn color. Add rice, seasonings, and long beans. Stir to mix everything until combined. Turn off the heat
Transfer to a rice cooker. Pour in the water and stir to combine. Make sure everything is submerged in the water. Turn on the rice cooker. I use my rice cooker "white rice" function. When it's done cooking, wait 10 minutes then fluff the rice. Proceed to serving
Cooking with Instant Pot:
Press saute. When it says "hot", add cooking oil. Saute shallots until soft and fragrant, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and dried shrimp and stir fry for another 1 minute. Add meat and stir fry until they turn color. Add rice, seasonings, and long beans. Stir to mix everything until combined. Turn off saute mode
Pour in the water and stir to combine. Make sure you scrape the bottom of the pot to loosen any bits that stick to the pot so it won't trigger the "burn" alert by IP later. Make sure everything is submerged in the water. Close the lid and turn the pressure release valve to sealing. Press "pressure cooker" and make sure it's on "high pressure". Set the timer to 5 minutes. Then do a natural release. Carefully unlock the lid and fluff the rice with a rice paddle
Serving:
Garnish the rice with some fried shallots and fresh cilantro leaves if you like. Serve immediately
My new rice cooker comes with a cup that measures 170 ml of water. I also have another cup from an older rice cooker that measures 180 ml of water. So it is important to use the same cup you use to get your rice to measure the liquid as well. We are using 1 : 1 ratio here, not measuring by weight.