Easy Chinese Canned Abalone Porridge
A no-fuss, easy Chinese Canned Abalone Porridge recipe, also known as jook or congee, which can be made using store cupboard ingredients. So easy there's only 1 photo for the step-by-step instructions, it's the perfect comfort food and a delicious recipe for a weekday dinner.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 Cup White jasmine rice, rinsed
- 9 Cups Chicken broth (Substitute: chicken bouillon cube. Top up with plain water if you don't have enough chicken stock.)
- 1 Can abalone
- 5 dried scallops/ conpoy
- 3-5 Slices ginger
- salt
- 1-2 Tablespoon goji berries
- 1-2 honey date
- Optional: sesame oil (Drizzle on top of each bowl)
- Optional: spring onions, sliced
- Optional: think sliced ginger
- Optional: fried shallots
Instructions
- 1
Add the rinsed rice, dried scallops (along with the soaking water), ginger, abalone juice, honey date (If using) and chicken broth/ water to the pot.
- 2
Bring to the boil over high heat.
- 3
Once boiling, reduce the fire if necessary. Let it simmer vigorously till cooked to your desired consistency. You may need to top up the water later. Stir it every now and then (or it will burn at the bottom of the pot.) (Cooking will take at least 30 minutes if using white rice.)
- 4
5-10 minutes before you switch off the fire, add the cut up abalone and goji berries (if using) to the pot and cook till it's warmed through. (If adding other proteins such as the fresh shrimps and scallops, add them with the abalone and simmer till cooked.)
- 5
Taste and season with salt to taste. A pinch of white pepper is nice but remember the taste can be very strong so less is more here.
- 6
Ladle into the bowls- if you wish, you can drizzle some sesame oil on top of each 1, along with some sliced ginger and spring onions (or fried shallots/ fried ikan bills.)
- 7
Heat up some oil in the pot then stir-fry the ginger and the white part of the spring onions till fragrant.
- 8
Add the rinsed rice grains and stir fry for 1 minute. (If using carrots, add them at the same time.)
- 9
Pour in all the chicken stock/ water, scallop soaking water, abalone juice and and soaking water / honey date (if using) into the pot. Add the soaked scallops and bring to the boil over high heat.
- 10
The rest of the cooking steps follows the quick & easy version above.