Chicken Congee

Name: Chicken Congee
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 1 cup short-grain rice; 1.5L chicken stock; 2 chicken breasts; 3 cm fresh ginger, julienned; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tsp sesame oil; soy sauce and white pepper to season; spring onion, fried shallots and sesame oil to serve

A warming Australian-Chinese rice porridge topped with ginger, spring onion and sesame. Simmering the rice low and slow for a full 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, breaks it down into congee's signature creamy, porridge-like texture.

Total time

55 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

50 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Australian

Ingredients

1 cupshort-grain rice

1.5Lchicken stock

2chicken breasts

3 cmfresh ginger, julienned

3 clovesgarlic, minced

1 tspsesame oil

soy sauce and white pepperto season

spring onion, fried shallots and sesame oilto serve

Instructions

Combine rice, stock, chicken, ginger and garlic in a pot.

Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until rice breaks down.

Remove chicken. Shred. Return to pot.

Season with sesame oil, soy and white pepper.

Serve in bowls topped with spring onion and fried shallots.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

125

Protein

7.2g

Fat

2.1g

Carbs

19.6g

Fiber

0.4g

Sodium

1434mg

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