Chicken Congee (Jook)

Name: Chicken Congee (Jook)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 cup jasmine rice; 8 cups chicken broth; 2 cups poached chicken, shredded; 2 inch ginger, julienned; 3 cloves garlic, minced; sesame oil to drizzle; garnishes: spring onion, fried shallots, chilli oil, soy sauce, century egg

Comforting Chinese congee with poached chicken, ginger, and all the toppings. Stirring the rice regularly as it simmers for 45-60 minutes breaks the grains down evenly into that creamy, porridge-like consistency.

Total time

65 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Asian

comfort

Ingredients

1 cupjasmine rice

8 cupschicken broth

2 cupspoached chicken, shredded

2 inchginger, julienned

3 clovesgarlic, minced

sesame oilto drizzle

garnishes: spring onion, fried shallots, chilli oil, soy sauce, century egg

Instructions

Simmer rice in broth 45-60 min, stirring regularly, until creamy.

Season broth.

Add chicken; heat through.

Serve with all garnishes at the table.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

102

Protein

4.6g

Fat

0.7g

Carbs

19.7g

Fiber

0.3g

Sodium

1799mg

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