White rice simmered slowly in a little over three times its weight in liquid until the grains burst and dissolve, with beaten egg poured in at the end so it sets in fine threads.
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Prep 5 minCook 60 minServes 2
Ingredients
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200 g white rice (dry)
180 ml reduced-salt chicken stock (180 g)
460 ml water (460 g)
4 eggs (204 g)
10 g fresh ginger, finely grated
10 g chives, finely snipped
8 g reduced-salt soy sauce
12 g sesame oil
15 g unsalted butter
Method
Rinse the rice under cold water until it stops running cloudy, then put it in a large saucepan with the stock, the water and the ginger. Use a bigger pan than looks necessary; congee climbs the moment it catches a proper boil.
Bring to the boil, then drop to the lowest heat that keeps one lazy bubble breaking the surface, and set the lid on ajar.
Cook 50-60 minutes, stirring every ten minutes and scraping the base each time. It is ready when the grains have burst and gone and the pot looks like a loose, faintly glossy cream rather than rice sitting in water. A grain lifted on the spoon should smear to nothing under your thumb.
Beat the eggs in a cup. Take the pot off the heat, stir it into a slow whirlpool, then pour the egg in a thin stream around the edge while stirring gently. It sets into fine threads within seconds; stirring hard breaks those threads into powder instead.
Stir in the soy sauce, the butter and the sesame oil, and ladle into two bowls with the chives scattered over. The fat is not a garnish here; it is a good part of what turns rice and water into a meal worth the hour it took.
It thickens as it stands, so loosen the second bowl with hot water when you come back to it. This is a large bowl of a fairly thin thing, so it suits mornings when volume is not the problem; on mornings when it is, halve it and eat the rest at eleven.
Safety and storage
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool and cover within two hours, split large amounts into shallow containers, and reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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Rice Congee with Soft Egg and Ginger
Serves 2 · Prep 5 min · Cook 60 min
White rice simmered slowly in a little over three times its weight in liquid until the grains burst and dissolve, with beaten egg poured in at the end so it sets in fine threads.
Ingredients
200 g white rice (dry)
180 ml reduced-salt chicken stock (180 g)
460 ml water (460 g)
4 eggs (204 g)
10 g fresh ginger, finely grated
10 g chives, finely snipped
8 g reduced-salt soy sauce
12 g sesame oil
15 g unsalted butter
Approximate per serving
2453 kJ / 586.3 kcal · protein 20.4 g · carbohydrate 75.2 g · fibre 1.2 g · fat 21.9 g · sodium 523.4 mg
Method
Rinse the rice under cold water until it stops running cloudy, then put it in a large saucepan with the stock, the water and the ginger. Use a bigger pan than looks necessary; congee climbs the moment it catches a proper boil.
Bring to the boil, then drop to the lowest heat that keeps one lazy bubble breaking the surface, and set the lid on ajar.
Cook 50-60 minutes, stirring every ten minutes and scraping the base each time. It is ready when the grains have burst and gone and the pot looks like a loose, faintly glossy cream rather than rice sitting in water. A grain lifted on the spoon should smear to nothing under your thumb.
Beat the eggs in a cup. Take the pot off the heat, stir it into a slow whirlpool, then pour the egg in a thin stream around the edge while stirring gently. It sets into fine threads within seconds; stirring hard breaks those threads into powder instead.
Stir in the soy sauce, the butter and the sesame oil, and ladle into two bowls with the chives scattered over. The fat is not a garnish here; it is a good part of what turns rice and water into a meal worth the hour it took.
It thickens as it stands, so loosen the second bowl with hot water when you come back to it. This is a large bowl of a fairly thin thing, so it suits mornings when volume is not the problem; on mornings when it is, halve it and eat the rest at eleven.
Safety and storage
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool and cover within two hours, split large amounts into shallow containers, and reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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