Rice with Chinese sausage and cured bacon steamed in the pot

Rinse the rice under running water and drain thoroughly. Add water and heat on medium; it takes about five minutes to boil.

When the pot bubbles, add the Chinese sausage and the cured bacon with its skin removed. Cover, turn to low and cook 18 minutes; the meat steams once the rice absorbs the water.

Variation: steam broccoli or green beans on a rack over the rice, or cook small pieces of sweet potato in the rice, instead of the cured meat.

Take out the sausage and bacon and slice thinly.