Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, basic congee (chinese porridge). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Basic Congee (Chinese Porridge) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Basic Congee (Chinese Porridge) is something which I have loved my entire life.
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 into Use basic white long-grain rice if you like; jasmine rice is a favorite as well. This basic congee recipe is a great starter for making the classic Chinese rice porridge.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have basic congee (chinese porridge) using 19 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Basic Congee (Chinese Porridge):
- Make ready Congee
- Make ready Step 1 Simple Chicken Broth
- Prepare 1 Chicken
- Prepare 1 tbsp Chicken Granules/powder
- Take 1 big yellow onion - chopped big
- Prepare 6 garlic - crushed
- Make ready 8 big slices of garlic
- Get Coriander roots - see pic
- Take Step 2 Rice Congee
- Make ready 3 C Rice - Soaked
- Get 6 C water
- Make ready Congee Accompaniments
- Make ready Sesame oil (drizzle over served congee)
- Get Ground white pepper (opt)
- Prepare Finely chopped coriander
- Make ready Shreaded chicken
- Prepare Peanuts
- Prepare Fried mixed onions
- Take Fried anchovies
The word 'congee' itself is a derivation of the Tamil word கஞ்சி(Kañci; kanji). Some people like a thin porridge. So, I thought I might share this basic part of making Asian rice porridge using white rice. Congee, one type of rice porridge is one of the most popular staple food in lots of Asian countries, sometimes also served as breakfast.
Instructions 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. Is congee a rice dish or a soup dish? A visitor once wrote me asking about a recipe for a Chinese thick rice soup made from rice and minced pork.
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