Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chinese congee( zhou). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chinese Congee( Zhou) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chinese Congee( Zhou) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Chinese congees (Chinese: 粥; pinyin: zhōu; Cantonese Yale: jūk) vary considerably by region. Congee is a classic Chinese porridge made from rice, usually served for breakfast or at dim sum. Congee is Chinese rice porridge, which can be served plain, sweet, or savory.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook chinese congee( zhou) using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Congee( Zhou):
- Prepare 1/2 cup rice(I used short grain)
- Get 1 cup water
- Get 1 cup Chicken Stock( you can use beef if you like)
- Prepare Add Ins(Optional, but recommended)
- Get 1 Meat of your choice ; shredded or cut up into pieces
- Make ready 1 Vegetables: I recommend using either cabbage or mushrooms.( I used cabbage for this recipe)
- Make ready 1 Thousand year old eggs( pi dan) (This is what you would find in most congee prepared in takeout/resturant places)
It's a savory rice porridge that can be eaten plain, with a few condiments. Congee is regarded as the ultimate Chinese comfort food, according to the author Fuchsia Dunlop. This recipe for ji zhou or chicken congee, from her book on Jiangnan regional cuisine, is dead simple. Even KFC in China had it as one of the main.
Instructions to make Chinese Congee( Zhou):
- I recommend using a Dutch oven . If you don't that is fine too. Place the rice,.water, and stock into a pot. Stir and bring to a boil.(Make sure to not fully cover the pot because because the it can bubble over easily and make a big mess! )
- While it is being brought to a boil, you can cook and prepare any add ins if you are using any. Set it aside. We will add this later in the cooking process .
- After the rice and liquid mixture has been brought to a boil, add 1/2 cup of water and them bring it to a boil again. Remember to stir often. Then after the second boil, add 1/2 of a cup of stock. Bring it to a boil again. Keep repeating and alternating between water and stock until you reach your desired consistency. You can add more stock to water. This will result in a creamier and thicker congee. More water will result in more of a runny consistency, and not as much flavor. This congee is different from ones prepared outside because the ones outside are made with all water. In my opinion ,this is much more flavorful because of the stock!
- After it has reached your desired consistency, add any of the add ins. Season to taste.
- Serve and enjoy!
Chinese people are quite enthusiastic about glutinous rice, which can be proofed by many holiday foods like Nian Gao. What's the Chinese equivalent of "chicken soup"? Why congee, or 粥, of course, that delectable, nourishing and soothing rice porridge cooked by the Chinese since time began. Congee is one of the traditional Chinese foods and has thousands of years of history in China. The Book of Zhou says "Emperor Huangdi was first to cook congee with millet", which may be the earliest.
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