#chicken congee

[omnivorescookbook]

Chicken Congee (Instant Pot Version Included) 鸡粥

This chicken congee is silky smooth, richly flavored, and deeply comforting. It’s perfect for recovering your energy, but tasty enough for any occasion.

Recipe => https://omnivorescookbook.com/chicken-congee/

[adoptee-cooks]

Chicken congee 鸡肉粥 (jī ròu zhōu)

This dish dive is slightly longer, because I had a lot more thoughts while righting this!

Dish dive

In 2017, my mom donated her kidney to a friend in need of one. While she recovered at home, my friend’s mom made her chicken congee. She explained congee is very gentle on the stomach and good to eat when you’re sick.

I’d heard about congee or jook before, but always as an easy breakfast or porridge-type dish that would be eaten during a famine because it would stretch the amount of rice.

Maybe my memory is biased by the surprise and appreciation we felt when my friend’s mom brought over the congee. But, I remember the dish being simple and rich all at the same time. It was so delicious, like a comforting bowl of chicken noodle soup combined with the gratifying thickness of porridge or oatmeal.

Three years later, eating seafood congee prepared by my boyfriend’s mom is what sparked this memory. After eating it for breakfast, I knew I had to try my hand at making this staple dish. I also knew I wanted to recreate the version I first had with chicken and ginger so I could relive that glorious first bite. 

Unfortunately, my favorite Chinese food blog, Woks of Life, only had a 20 minute recipe. It’s good for making congee in a quick pinch, but I wanted to make it the long way for my first time. 

So I googled chicken congee and came across another cool Chinese family blog that even included a step-by-step video called Made with Lau! I’m glad I have another blog (this one is Cantonese) to rely on for ~authentic~ Chinese recipes.

Cooking it up

The actual cooking was easy, even if it did take an hour or so of passive boiling. While I’m aware the entire purpose of congee is to be easy on the stomach, I recalled my first bite of congee and wanted to make sure this one would be equally flavorful. In case you weren’t aware, the secret is the ginger! It pairs so nicely with the dash of salt and meatiness of the chicken. 

The end result was the perfect texture... but I may have gone slightly overboard with the ginger.

Final thoughts

While cooking this, I couldn’t help but imagine my own birth mother cooking congee to feed infant me. I’m content with cooking basic Chinese dishes for now because it might be the closest thing to everyday meals I would’ve eaten in China. 

I’m also grateful for these family food blogs because by sharing their treasured family recipes, I get to learn one more dish I can practice and cook for my own children someday.

[foodemon]

Century Egg & Shredded Chicken - Dolly Dim Sum.

[agave]

technically this is congee... but we both got too excited by the possibility of adding stuff to it and put on every topping we had lol

[yum-food-tv-27]

Hidden Breakfast Spot Locals Love in Cambodia 😋

[sweettalkertime]

3 Self Remedies to Overcoming a Cold

Getting will never be fun. However, we often find that we can’t be immune to the slightest cold. So, here are three things that help me overcome my sickness: 1: Chicken Congee I will continue to eat chicken congee from my local restaurant whenever I’m sick. There’s the protein that your body needs to replenish, the soup is fantastic, and the ginger that’s incorporated will surely add some…

[where-comfort-meets-quality]

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[moononmyfloor]

Royal Feast: A Thread of Named Dishes

Ep 34

Dish 178: Yellow Croaker with Imitated Crab Roe

"Use salted duck egg yolk that was preserved in brine with salted charcoal instead of chicken egg."

Dish 179: Steamed Shad

Dish 180: Flatbread

Dish 181: Chicken Congee

"If you mince the raw chicken and add it you'll have to remove the residue later. Steaming and shredding it can retain the original flavor of chicken better."