Malaysian Rice and Chicken Congee. Congee or rice porridge is a common 'sick people' or baby food. It's tasty and easy to digest. When I was young, my go-to sick food was chicken porridge or KFC mashed potatoes.
If there is one complete meal that is perfect for slow cooking, it is congee, or rice porridge.
I used brown rice, but it can be made just as easily with white rice.
There is a bit more chew to it with brown rice, and it takes a little bit longer.
You can have Malaysian Rice and Chicken Congee using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Malaysian Rice and Chicken Congee
- You need 1 cup of rice.
- Prepare 5 cups of water.
- Prepare 3 cm of ginger, julienned.
- You need 2 of carrots, diced.
- You need 200 grams of chicken breast.
- It's 1 of chicken stock cube.
- Prepare of Salt and pepper.
- Prepare of Condiments.
- Prepare of Chopped spring onions.
- It's of Pickled radish.
- It's of Crispy garlic.
- It's of Crispy shallots.
- It's of Salted eggs.
- Prepare of Crispy Anchovies.
- You need of Salty Soya Sauce.
- It's Dash of sesame oil.
If you want to make quick congee, try this Instant Pot Congee Recipe. Chicken and Ginger Congee is easy to make Congee or rice porridge is a Chinese comfort food and can be taken any time of the day. In a rice base culture, it is often the first solid food taken by infants. As it is very easy on the tummy, porridge is also often prepared and served during convalescence from illness.
Malaysian Rice and Chicken Congee step by step
- Wash the rice few times and transfer into a pot. Add in water. Bring the pot to a boil then immediately turn down the heat. Allow the pot to simmer, covered, for until the rice has absorbed most of the liquid and looks soft and mushy. (I used my instant pot and cooked them on porridge setting.).
- While waiting for the rice to cook, bring to boil the chicken breast with 3 cups of water and one chicken stock. Once cooked, remove them and add the chicken stock into the rice pot. Continue cooking the rice. After a total cookjng time of one hour the rice will be very soft. Add in the ginger, salt and pepper. Let simmer for another ten minutes...
- When the chicken are cool enough shred them to strips. Now you can add the shredded chicken back into the congee or put it in your condiments bowl as in the photo....
- Prepare the rest of the condiments. Fry the shallots, garlic and anchovies till crispy. Boil the salted egg and chop the spring onions. Spoon the congee into individual bowls and garnish with your condiments of choice.. add in chopped bird eye chillies if desired. Enjoy.
Juk is Korean savory rice porridge, and it comes in many forms. The grains of rice can be fully ground, partially ground, or left whole, for a range of potential textures. Add-ins can be anything from chicken or beef to abalone, jujubes, nuts, pumpkin, and more. Congee is a type of rice gruel or porridge popular in Asian cuisine. It's usually made of meat, seafood, and other regional ingredients for added flavor.