Meet Simon Kim Korean-American restaurateur, owner of the Micheline starred restaurant COTE Korean Steakhouse in New York and Miami

If you could invite anyone in the World, who would be your plus one at the Thanksgiving party?
I would love to invite Ralph Lauren. He is an Icon. He is my hero. His family came to America as an immigrant and in just a couple of decades, he became the single most important fashion icon that represents American fashion in the world. What a crazy story! I believe food has the power to bring people and connect people together in magical ways. It would be a blast to pig out and overindulge on a thanksgiving day with the man, the myth, and the legend and to share stories together

COTE Chinese Sausage Sticky Rice Stuffing 

찹쌀밥 스터핑

I love traditional Thanksgiving food. Turkey, cranberry sauce, gravy - the usual and familiar goodness. But this is 2021, I like to mix things up and add something interesting and new to the classics. I was invited to a thanksgiving dinner by my dear friend Cariann Chan, and had a good fortune of trying this stuffing made with sticky rice, Chinese sausage, chestnuts, and shiitake mushrooms… And my life has forever been changed. Every year it has become a new tradition to serve sticky rice stuffing at COTE. It has become a favorite of so many and I am excited to share how to make this dish at home to share with your closest friends & family. Bringing this sticky rice stuffing to the feast will surely make you the hero of the night! 

Here’s what you will need...


YOUR FRESH VEGETABLES

½ cup finely chopped scallion
½ cup small chopped white onion
½ tbsp finely chopped garlic 
2 tsp finely chopped ginger 
40g vegetable oil 
Salt and pepper (to taste)

THE MAIN EVENT

2 each links Chinese sausage (sliced) 
3 each Shiitake mushroom (small diced)
10 each Gingko nuts (cooked) (optional)
4 each Chestnuts (cooked and large diced)

THE HELP

1 tbsp Shaoxing (Chinese rice cooking wine) 
2 cups of cooked sticky rice (Cooled down and dried)
2 tbsp soy sauce
100g water  

THE FINISHING TOUCH

2 tbsp sliced scallion

 

  1. Prepare all the ingredients into one group in separate containers.

  2. Heat up a pan on medium-high heat. When the pan gets hot, pour the oil and add all of your vegetables.

  3. Stir fry until the vegetable mix becomes fragrant and light golden brown, add a pinch of salt and pepper to taste. 

  4. Add the main event components and cook until the sausage is lightly caramelized, add Shaoxing to deglaze the pan and add the sticky rice and break it apart as much as possible. Stir fry for one minute, add soy sauce and water and stir fry until the sauce thickens. 

  5. Plate the sticky rice on a sharing plate and the finishing touch of sprinkled scallion on the rice as garnish. 

  6. ENJOY! 

 

— Office YALI