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Congee (Rice Porridge)

Ingredients

Porridge

  • 1 cup long grain rice
  • 1 box vegetable broth 1 L
  • at least 5 c water
  • 1 adult thumb ginger sliced thinly
  • 2 green onion sliced thinly
  • 5 baby carrots diced
  • 5 baby potatoes diced
  • 1 parsnip diced
  • 1 garlic thinly sliced

Gingered Chicken

  • 500 g ground chicken
  • 1 thumb ginger thinly sliced
  • 4 garlic thinly sliced
  • 1/2 of a large onion thinly sliced or diced
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp chicken flavored Royco powder or any other seasoning powder
  • a generous pinch white pepper powder
  • 2 tbsp sweet soy sauce dark thick soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1/2 c water
  • 1/2 tin peaches and cream corn kernels

Instructions

Porridge

  • Soak rice for 30 minutes, drain, rinse
  • Place everything into a pot, bring to boil on high for 30 minutes, stirring often
  • Lower heat to medium-high, keep boiling until rice turned into porridge and vegetables are tender
  • Season with 1 1/2 tbsp Vegeta powder (or any other seasoning powder), 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp mushroom granules
  • Stir in 2 tbsp dried chives
  • Leave some of the broth, so do not totally evaporated the broth from the pot

Gingered Chicken

  • Heat oil, brown ground chicken along with onion, garlic and ginger
  • Add in the rest of the ingredients, cook until water somewhat evaporated
  • Stir in corn kernels