Basic Congee With Tips (Chinese Porridge)
Basic Congee With Tips (Chinese Porridge)

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, basic congee with tips (chinese porridge). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Congee is Chinese rice porridge, which can be served plain, sweet, or savory. Congee is essentially a rice porridge made by boiling rice in a great deal of water until it breaks down Congee can be made with many different types of rice. Use basic white long-grain rice if you like; jasmine rice. Chinese congee is an authentic traditional Chinese staple food recipe, a comforting food that can clear the In Mandarin Chinese, we call both porridge and congee "zhou".

Basic Congee With Tips (Chinese Porridge) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Basic Congee With Tips (Chinese Porridge) is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have basic congee with tips (chinese porridge) using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Basic Congee With Tips (Chinese Porridge):
  1. Prepare Congee
  2. Prepare Step 1 Simple Chicken Broth
  3. Get 1 Chicken
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp Chicken Granules/powder
  5. Make ready 1 big yellow onion - chopped big
  6. Take 6 garlic - crushed
  7. Get 8 big slices of garlic
  8. Make ready Coriander roots - see pic
  9. Prepare Step 2 Rice Congee
  10. Make ready 3 C Rice - Soaked
  11. Make ready 6 C water
  12. Get Congee Accompaniments
  13. Get Sesame oil (drizzle over served congee)
  14. Make ready Ground white pepper (opt)
  15. Prepare Finely chopped coriander
  16. Get Shreaded chicken
  17. Make ready Peanuts
  18. Get Fried mixed onions
  19. Take Fried anchovies

These apply whether you are making Cantonese/Hong Kong congee or Hokkien sweet potato rice porridge or Teochew fish porridge. Making congee or known as jook in Cantonese, is pretty common in our household. I often make it for breakfast. Don't over rinse the rice The starch in the rice grains gives that smooth silky consistency.

Instructions to make Basic Congee With Tips (Chinese Porridge):
  1. Note: For plain congee, skip step 1 - chicken broth. Use only water. Below: coriander roots
  2. Step 1 - Stuff chicken cavity with 3 crushed garlic and 4 big slices of ginger. Put everything in a pot & Cover chicken with just enough water (not too much). Cook over high heat until it reaches boiling point. Leave it to boil for at least 5 - 10 mins.
  3. Next, turn the heat to low and allow to simmer for 30mins. After 30mins remove chicken from the pot and Keep the broth.
  4. Step 2 - Clean & soak rice for at least 10mins or more. Place rice in a big pot. Add water and cook over high heat until it boils. Leave it boiling for good 10 - 15 mins until rice is cooked through and mushy. At this stage, rice is cooked and look mushy but it’s not a good congee (yet) as the grains are not yet starchy. Do Stir in between.
  5. Next, pour chicken broth into congee pot. This time, over LOW HEAT, Simmer congee for at least 30-40 minutes or more. Simmer until it reaches a thick starchy consistency, NOT WATERY. Taste and adjust accordingly. It should taste subtle as congee is usually served with other side dishes. See Note.
  6. Serve congee in a bowl and drizzle some SESAME OIL (optional) and Top with shredded chicken, peanuts, fried crispy anchovies, chopped coriander, fried shallots and garlic, red fermented bean curd or tofu, chinese preserved olive leaves or vegetable, chinese pickled lettuce, stir fry pickled veggies and so on. Check my Anton Ego’s stir-fry pickled veggies. Accompaniments for congee are usually based on individual preferences.
  7. Note : Seasoning congee is depending on how congee is served. If congee is served with side dishes or few accompaniments, seasoning is not necessary. If congee is served on its own with shredded chicken, chopped coriander, fried anchovies and peanuts, then, season your congee (to taste) with enough chicken seasoning powder or chicken bouillon.

I often make it for breakfast. Don't over rinse the rice The starch in the rice grains gives that smooth silky consistency. In today's episode of Wok Wednesday, Jeremy shows us how to make congee! A dish perfect for replenishing your liquids when you are suffering from a cold or. Congee, one type of rice porridge is one of the most popular staple food in lots of Asian countries, sometimes also served as breakfast.

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