Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, basic congee (chinese porridge). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Basic Congee (Chinese Porridge) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Basic Congee (Chinese Porridge) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
This basic congee recipe is a great starter for making the classic Chinese rice porridge. It gets umami flavor from dried shrimp, dried scallops, and shiitake mushrooms. The word congee derives from Tamil, and different Asian cultures have their own version of this delectable, often savory, rice porridge.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have basic congee (chinese porridge) using 19 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Basic Congee (Chinese Porridge):
- Prepare Congee
- Get Step 1 Simple Chicken Broth
- Take 1 Chicken
- Take 1 tbsp Chicken Granules/powder
- Make ready 1 big yellow onion - chopped big
- Get 6 garlic - crushed
- Get 8 big slices of garlic
- Take Coriander roots - see pic
- Make ready Step 2 Rice Congee
- Get 3 C Rice - Soaked
- Get 6 C water
- Get Congee Accompaniments
- Prepare Sesame oil (drizzle over served congee)
- Take Ground white pepper (opt)
- Prepare Finely chopped coriander
- Prepare Shreaded chicken
- Take Peanuts
- Make ready Fried mixed onions
- Get Fried anchovies
So, I thought I might share this basic part of making Asian rice porridge using white rice. Congee or conjee (/ˈkɒndʒi/) is a type of rice porridge or gruel. The word 'congee' itself is a derivation of the Tamil word கஞ்சி(Kañci; kanji). Congee, one type of rice porridge is one of the most popular staple food in lots of Asian countries, sometimes also served as breakfast.
Steps to make Basic Congee (Chinese Porridge):
- Prepare step 1 by cleaning chicken in & out. Stuff chicken cavity with 3 crushed garlic and 4 big slices of ginger. Put everything in & Cover chicken with enough water (not too much). Boil over high heat. Once boiled, let it boil for at least 5mins. Season to taste. Then turn the heat to low and let the chicken simmer for 30mins. After 30mins take the chicken out to dry. Off the heat. Leave broth in the pot. Below: coriander roots
- Clean & soak rice for 10mins or more. Then add water and cook over high heat until it boils. Let it boils for good 10mins or until water recedes until half of the original level/almost dry. Stir in between. Add water if necessary. Turn heat to low. Using sieve, pour chicken broth into this pot. Simmer until congee is thick with starchy consistency. The grains should be starchy NOT WATERY. Adjust consistency accordingly. Taste. It should taste subtle as congee is usually served with other things.
- Serve congee in a bowl and drizzle with SESAME STREET, it really does make a different. Congee Accompaniments are usually based on one preferences. Here are few of the suggestions. Some serve salted tofu, salted fish or black beans, chopped vegies, meat slices etc etc.
Congee can directly be served as a meal with other stir-fry dishes in summer days. We usually eat congee across the summer. But sometimes we add other grains and. This Basic Congee is the equivalent of a hearty chicken rice soup! It's so easy to make and is the perfect comfort food for a cold winter's day.
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