Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, basic congee (chinese porridge). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
As a simple rice porridge, congee is an excellent way to take advantage of the grain's health benefits. Congee is a good source of carbohydrates and protein with nearly no fat or sugar, and the high water content is hydrating Congee has been a staple in Chinese diets for centuries, and it has played an integral role in traditional Chinese medicine. This basic congee recipe is a great starter for those of you who want to make the classic Chinese rice porridge at home.
Basic Congee (Chinese Porridge) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Basic Congee (Chinese Porridge) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. 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):
- Take Congee
- Get Step 1 Simple Chicken Broth
- Make ready 1 Chicken
- Make ready 1 tbsp Chicken Granules/powder
- Take 1 big yellow onion - chopped big
- Get 6 garlic - crushed
- Prepare 8 big slices of garlic
- Prepare Coriander roots - see pic
- Get Step 2 Rice Congee
- Prepare 3 C Rice - Soaked
- Get 6 C water
- Prepare Congee Accompaniments
- Prepare Sesame oil (drizzle over served congee)
- Get Ground white pepper (opt)
- Get Finely chopped coriander
- Prepare Shreaded chicken
- Make ready Peanuts
- Prepare Fried mixed onions
- Get Fried anchovies
Easy to make - and so satisfying! Congee is a thick rice porridge. Simmered in broth or water, the rice grains are essentially overcooked to the point of disintegration.. The following recipe is for a simple Chinese style rice porridge.
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.
Since this hearty porridge is so delicious, we're all about making rice cooker congee. Seriously, from this Indonesian bubur ayam to this silky Japanese nanakusa gayu - to this assertive Chinese century eggs and fish fillet porridge - whipping up congee in your Tiger rice cooker is as simple as loading everything into the inner pot. The common misconception is that people often think congee is a branch of Chinese rice porridge. The truth is congee made with rice is a major part of the whole congee family, but there are many other types of congee made with different kinds of grain such as millet, beans, corn, oats, and Job's tears. Congee or conjee (/ ˈ k ɒ n dʒ i /) is a type of rice porridge or gruel.
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