20 Minute Hong Kong Cafe Creamy Seafood Baked Rice
Cheesy, Creamy, and hearty Seafood Baked Rice is the perfect recipe for weeknight dinners. You will never believe that this restaurant-quality CREAMY Seafood Baked Rice is super easy and takes less than 20 minutes to make! One of my family’s favorite weeknight dinners, and you can customize it based on whatever you have in the fridge. Give this Seafood Baked Rice recipe a try, and it will be yours too!
Hong Kong Cafe Inspired Seafood Baked Rice
My Creamy Seafood Baked Rice recipe is inspired by Japanese famous Seafood Doria, and HK Cafe Style baked rice. I used to make Seafood Baked Rice during college because it is easy but feels super fancy. You can use any seafood that you prefer, such a Salmon, Clams, Scallops, Calamari, Mussels, and Shrimp.
Today I am using Shrimp and Scallops to cook the quickest; however, if you are making this for date night or guests, adding clams will quickly turn this dish into a gourmet meal.
Umami Boost With This Seafood Baked Rice Ingredient
My secret weapon for my Creamy Seafood Baked Rice is Dashi powder; it can give any cream sauce an instant flavor boost. I like to use Dashi powder instead of Dashi stock to help flavor the cream while keeping the sauce thick. If you can’t access Dashi powder, you can also use chicken powder or mushroom powder instead.
Adjust the seasoning again AFTER you add in the seafood, as the seafood would add flavor and saltiness.
Reduce Baked Rice Cooking Time with This Egg Trick
Cut the Creamy Seafood Baked Rice cooking time in half with my secret trick with eggs and rice. Traditional Doria is served with fried buttery rice, but to speed up the process, by cracking two eggs and adding a dash of chicken powder, simplified “egg fried rice” is done in only 1 minute!
Alternatively, you can make my EASY Egg Fried Rice the night before, and with the leftover rice, turn it into Seafood Baked Rice.
Seafood Baked Rice Ingredients
- ½ a diced Onion
- 1.5 cup of Scallops
- 1.5 cup of peeled Shrimps
- 3 tbsp of Butter
- 2.5 tbsp of Flour
- 2 cups of Cream or Milk
- 1 tbsp of Dashi Powder
- 1 tsp of White Pepper
- 3 cups of Cooked Rice
- 2 Eggs
- ½ cup of Cheese
How To Make Seafood Baked Rice
- Turn the heat to medium-high, and in a pan, add 3 tbsp of Butter. Once the butter is melted, add in onion and saute for 2-3 minutes or until translucent.
- Add in 2.5 tbsp of flour and mix until smooth.
- Slowly pour in cream or milk and let it simmer together until it becomes a thicker consistency (around 2-3 minutes)
- Season with dashi powder and white pepper
- Next, add in shrimp and scallops and let it simmer for another 2-3 minutes.
- In a deep baking or casserole dish, add rice, crack two eggs, and a dash of chicken Powder (optional). Mix until every grain of rice is coated in the egg.
- Pour on the seafood sauce and top with cheese.
- Bake at 400F for 10 minutes
Do you want more EASY recipes that take less than 30 minutes? Here are some of my go-to easy Asian recipes that you will love!
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20 Minute Hong Kong Cafe Creamy Seafood Baked Rice
By Tiffy Cooks
Ingredients
- ½ Onion diced
- 1.5 cup Scallops
- 1.5 cup Shrimp peeled
- 3 tbsp Butter
- 2.5 tbsp Flour
- 2 cups Cream or Milk
- 1 tbsp Dashi Powder
- 1 tsp White Pepper
- 3 cups Cooked Rice
- 2 Eggs
- ½ cup Cheese
Instructions
- Turn the heat to medium-high, and in a pan, add 3 tbsp of Butter. Once the butter is melted, add in onion and saute for 2-3 minutes or until translucent.
- Add in 2.5 tbsp of flour and mix until smooth.
- Slowly pour in cream or milk and let it simmer together until it becomes a thicker consistency (around 2-3 minutes)
- Season with dashi powder and white pepper
- Next, add in shrimp and scallops and let it simmer for another 2-3 minutes.
- In a deep casserole or baking dish, add rice, crack two eggs, and a dash of chicken Powder (optional). Mix until every grain of rice is coated in the egg.
- Pour on the seafood sauce and top with cheese.
- Bake at 400F for 10 minutes
Thanks for the easy recipe and looks tasty! Wanted to ask as I don’t see it in the instructions, when do I add the dashi powder?
Thanks!
Hi Steve, the dashi powder is added after the cream!
Tiffy
Thanks for sharing this. Please kindly advise how to make it if want to make it with fish.
Hi Sukhi, all you have to do to cook it with fish is replace the shrimp and scallops in this recipe with the same amount of bite-sized chunks of fish. I love using salmon or cod for this recipe. If you’re using frozen fish, make sure the fish is fully defrosted before using it in the recipe.
Tiffy
Hi Tiffy! What flour do you use? Ok to use corn flour? Thank you!
Hi! I used all purpose flour here. I’ve never used corn flour, so I’m not sure if that would give you the same consistency. I’d recommend trying first with normal flour!
Tiffy