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How to Make Congee (Rice Porridge)
Popular Chinese dim sum style congee
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup rice
- 10-12 cups water ( ,or stock)
- chopped scallion for serving
- Ya cai for serving
- shredded luttuce
- salted egg
- sesame oil for mixing
- 1 century egg ( ,chopped)
- 1/2 cup pork slices ( ,marinate with a small pinch of salt and pepper)
- 1/2 tbsp. cooking wine
- 1 tsp. cornstarch
- 1 thumb ginger ( ,shredded)
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. white pepper
Instructions
- 1
Wash the rice in advance and then soak with clean water for 30 minutes. Mix with 1/2 tablespoon of vegetable cooking oil or sesame oil. Set aside for 15 minutes. You can freeze the rice in the previous day.
- 2
Bring the water to a boiling in a pot and then add the soaked rice. Heat until boiling again and slow down the fire and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
- 3
If you want the rice to be well broken, stir the porridge during cooking in one direction in the last 5 minutes. You can serve the plain white congee with side ingredients.
- 4
For savory pork and century egg congee