It's a Chinese sausage and it kind of cooks with the rice and enflavorates the rice.

这是一种中国香肠，把它和米饭一起煮，给米饭调味。

I would completely understand it if you'd never worked with Chinese sausage before, that bit's okay.

如果你以前从来没有做过中国香肠，我完全能理解，这一点没关系。