🇨🇳 Chinese Cuisine

八宝饭 (Ba Bao Fan)

Eight Treasures Rice

Prep Time 120 minutes

Servings 8

Difficulty Medium

A festive glutinous rice pudding studded with eight types of dried fruits, nuts, and red bean paste, steamed in a bowl and inverted for a dome presentation.

Ingredients

400g glutinous rice soaked
200g sweet red bean paste
Dried jujubes
Lotus seeds
Dried longan
Goji berries
Walnuts
Candied winter melon
Raisins
3 tablespoons lard or butter
3 tablespoons sugar

Instructions

1 Steam soaked glutinous rice for twenty minutes until cooked.
2 Mix hot rice with lard and sugar.
3 Arrange dried fruits and nuts in a decorative pattern at the bottom of a greased bowl.
4 Press half the rice into the bowl, add a layer of red bean paste.
5 Top with remaining rice, steam for thirty minutes, then invert onto a plate.

Did You Know?

Eight Treasures Rice is a must-have at Chinese New Year banquets, with each treasure symbolizing a different blessing.