Basic Congee Recipe

Basic Congee Recipe

Ingredients:

½ cup short-grain rice

¼ cup glutinous rice

4½ cups water

1 quart Chicken Stock

 

Method:

Place both rice in a large pot, with water to cover.  Wash the rice by rubbing between your palms.  Drain.  Repeat twice more.  Return the washed rice to the pot, add the 4½ cups of water and the stock, and bring to a boil over high heat.  Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover the pot, leaving the lid cracked, and cook for 1 hour, stirring occasionally to prevent the rice from sticking to the pot bottom.  A nonstick pot is preferred.  Cook until the rice thickens almost to a porridge consistency.  Heat a tureen by pouring boiling water into it.  When the congee is done, turn off the heat, pour the congee into the heated tureen, and serve.  For a vegetarian congee, substitute Vegetable Stock for the chicken stock.

 

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