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Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make Lo Mai Gai. I can personally vouch that my dad's recipe is absolutely AMAZING!

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🍴 RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴

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🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗
Our Joong recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snYWPdP4ZxE
Our Char Siu recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkCoAKTbHpQ

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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲

00:00 - Intro
01:02 - What’s the backstory on Lo Mai Gai?
01:55 - Prepare & cook rice
03:07 - Boil eggs
03:39 - Background on Lotus Leaves
04:50 - Soak lotus leaves
05:34 - Prepare chicken
07:32 - Cut other ingredients
09:36 - Thank you NordVPN!
11:49 - Stir fry chicken, shallots, mushrooms
13:04 - Add sauce elements & mix
15:13 - Peel eggs & cut yolks
15:28 - Create rice sauce & mix with rice
16:46 - Wrap lo mai gai with lotus leaves
21:26 - Steam lo mai gai & serve!
22:55 - Meal Time!
23:17 - What’s the difference between lo mai gai & joong / zongzi?
23:42 - Are there different versions of lo mai gai?
24:24 - How do you make this vegetarian?
25:01 - How long can you store these for?
25:17 - Questions about freezing, defrosting, cooking
25:50 - Using white rice instead of glutinous rice?
26:17 - How do you prevent the rice sticking to the leaf?
26:41 - Lo mai gai or Zongzi?

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💛 OUR FAMILY 💛

Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog:
https://madewithlau.com/family

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🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵

Produced by Randy Lau, Grace Phan-Nguyen
Edited by Randy Lau, Willard Chan
Chinese Subtitles by Arlene Chiu, Gan Ying Zhi

Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau
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