Arroz Caldo

Name: Arroz Caldo
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 300g short-grain rice; 500g chicken pieces; 1.5L chicken stock; 5cm piece ginger, julienned; 1 onion, diced; 6 cloves garlic, 4 minced + 2 sliced and fried; fish sauce to season; 2 hard-boiled eggs, halved; spring onions and calamansi to serve

Filipino rice porridge with chicken and ginger — thick, warming and deeply comforting, topped with garlic and boiled egg.

Total time

60 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Filipino

Ingredients

300gshort-grain rice

500gchicken pieces

1.5Lchicken stock

5cm pieceginger, julienned

1onion, diced

6 clovesgarlic, 4 minced + 2 sliced and fried

fish sauceto season

2hard-boiled eggs, halved

spring onions and calamansito serve

Instructions

Fry onion and minced garlic in oil. Add ginger. Cook 2 minutes.

Add chicken. Brown lightly.

Add rice and stock. Simmer 30–40 minutes, stirring, until very thick.

Season with fish sauce.

Serve topped with crispy fried garlic, spring onions, half a boiled egg and calamansi.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

444

Protein

41.9g

Fat

17.1g

Carbs

28.2g

Fiber

Sodium

1566mg

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