Chicken ginger congee

Recipes / Meat

Chicken congee is simple comfort food at its best. Top this congee with sesame oil, fried shallots and garlic to amp up the flavor.

Recipe «Chicken ginger congee» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 litre Massel chicken style liquid stock, 500ml water, 4 slices fresh young ginger, 1/2 cup SunRice long grain rice, 200g chicken tenderloin, diced into 1cm pieces , 1 tsp Chinese rice wine, Salt and ground white pepper, 2 tbsp finely sliced green onion , 1/2 tsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp fried shallots, 2 tsp fried garlic, Soy sauce to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1 litre Massel chicken style liquid stock 
  • 500ml water 
  • 4 slices fresh young ginger 
  • 1/2 cup SunRice long grain rice 
  • 200g chicken tenderloin, diced into 1cm pieces 
  • 1 tsp Chinese rice wine 
  • Salt and ground white pepper 
  • 2 tbsp finely sliced green onion 
  • 1/2 tsp sesame oil 
  • 1 tbsp fried shallots 
  • 2 tsp fried garlic 
  • Soy sauce to serve 

Instructions

  1. Bring the chicken stock, water and ginger to a boil in a large heavy based saucepan over a high heat. Add the rice and reduce the heat to medium–low. Simmer steadily for 1 hour, covered stirring occasionally to prevent the rice from catching until thickened and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
  2. Add the chicken to the congee, cover and simmer for 4-5 minutes or until the chicken is just cooked. Add the rice wine to the congee and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  3. Serve the congee in bowls, sprinkle with the green onion, drizzle with sesame oil and top with the fried shallots and garlic. Serve with soy sauce on the side.