Simple Way to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Chinese Congee( Zhou)

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chinese congee( zhou). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

In Taiwan, congee is made from rice, water, and other ingredients, and is known as xifan（稀飯）or zhou（粥）in Written Chinese, which may also be used by Mainland Chinese people. 粥 in particular may be used by other Sinitic languages, like Cantonese, to refer to the same kind of food. Congee is a white rice porridge that can be found by different names across Asia, including juk in Korean and Cantonese, moe in Hokkien and teochew, zhou in Mandarin, chok in Thai, and jaou in Bengali. It is also found in Portugal under the name of canja. It can have sweet or savory toppings–the classic has pork, scallions, ginger, and thousand year old egg.

Chinese Congee( Zhou) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Chinese Congee( Zhou) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook chinese congee( zhou) using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chinese Congee( Zhou):

1. Make ready 1/2 cup rice(I used short grain)
2. Take 1 cup water
3. Prepare 1 cup Chicken Stock( you can use beef if you like)
4. Get Add Ins(Optional, but recommended)
5. Get 1 Meat of your choice ; shredded or cut up into pieces
6. Prepare 1 Vegetables: I recommend using either cabbage or mushrooms.( I used cabbage for this recipe)
7. Prepare 1 Thousand year old eggs( pi dan) (This is what you would find in most congee prepared in takeout/resturant places)

It is rich with umami flavor from dried shrimp, dried scallops, and shiitake mushrooms. The congee is a great meal for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! Lately, I've been rethinking a common Chinese staple: porridge, aka "congee," "粥 (zhou)," or "稀饭 (xi-fan)." In China, Northerners like it plain (白粥), but Southerners like plenty of additional flavor. Congee (粥 or 稀飯) is a classic Chinese breakfast dish.

Instructions to make Chinese Congee( Zhou):

1. I recommend using a Dutch oven . If you don't that is fine too. Place the rice,.water, and stock into a pot. Stir and bring to a boil.(Make sure to not fully cover the pot because because the it can bubble over easily and make a big mess! )
2. While it is being brought to a boil, you can cook and prepare any add ins if you are using any. Set it aside. We will add this later in the cooking process .
3. After the rice and liquid mixture has been brought to a boil, add 1/2 cup of water and them bring it to a boil again. Remember to stir often. Then after the second boil, add 1/2 of a cup of stock. Bring it to a boil again. Keep repeating and alternating between water and stock until you reach your desired consistency. You can add more stock to water. This will result in a creamier and thicker congee. More water will result in more of a runny consistency, and not as much flavor. This congee is different from ones prepared outside because the ones outside are made with all water. In my opinion ,this is much more flavorful because of the stock!
4. After it has reached your desired consistency, add any of the add ins. Season to taste.
5. Serve and enjoy!

Lately, I've been rethinking a common Chinese staple: porridge, aka "congee," "粥 (zhou)," or "稀饭 (xi-fan)." In China, Northerners like it plain (白粥), but Southerners like plenty of additional flavor. Congee (粥 or 稀飯) is a classic Chinese breakfast dish. It is also a staple in many other countries, including Burma, Indonesia, Japan, and even parts of Europe. Congee is essentially a rice porridge made by boiling rice in a great deal of water until it breaks down into a pudding-like consistency. Ba Bao Zhou is also known as eight treasure congee or eight treasure porridge.

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