Congee with Century Egg

Name: Congee with Century Egg
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 200g jasmine rice; 1.5L chicken stock; 200g cooked chicken or pork (optional); 2 century eggs, peeled and quartered; 3 cm piece fresh ginger, julienned; 3 tbsp light soy sauce; 2 tsp sesame oil; spring onions and fried shallots to garnish; pickled vegetables or chilli oil to serve

A silky, slow-cooked rice porridge topped with century egg, fresh ginger and pickled vegetables, gentle and deeply comforting.

Total time

65 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Chinese

gluten-free

Ingredients

200gjasmine rice

1.5Lchicken stock

200gcooked chicken or pork (optional)

2century eggs, peeled and quartered

3 cm piecefresh ginger, julienned

3 tbsplight soy sauce

2 tspsesame oil

spring onions and fried shallotsto garnish

pickled vegetables or chilli oilto serve

Instructions

Combine rice and stock in a pot. Bring to boil.

Stir vigorously, reduce heat to very low.

Simmer 45 minutes–1 hour, stirring occasionally, until very thick and creamy.

Season with soy sauce.

Ladle into bowls.

Top with century egg, ginger, spring onion and fried shallots.

Finish with sesame oil and chilli oil.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

110

Protein

4.7g

Fat

2.8g

Carbs

16.9g

Fiber

0.4g

Sodium

2096mg

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