Chinese · Breakfast
Chicken Congee
- Easy
- 75 min
- roughly 1 of 4 for cost
Leads with aromatics blooming from the first bite, a warm current of chile, lifted green at the very end.
Ingredients
- 1 cup jasmine rice, rinsed
- 2L chicken stock or water + bone-in chicken
- Big knob ginger, smashed
- Toppings: scallion, fried shallots, white pepper, soy, chili crisp, century egg if you're brave
The skills inside
The words inside
Allergen screen
Found: gluten · egg · soy
Screened for: gluten, dairy, egg, nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, molluscs, soy, sesame, celery, mustard, lupin, alcohol. Not screened: sulphites.
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Method
- Simmer rice, ginger, and chicken gently, lid ajar, 60–90 min, stirring now and then. 90 min
- Pull chicken when cooked; shred and return.
- Cook until the grains burst into silk; thin with stock to taste.
- Season lightly; let the toppings do the talking.
At the Table
- The Pour
- Mimosa (weekends only)
- Also Right
- Cava, straight
- From the Taps
- -
- Zero-Proof
- Fresh orange juice & café au lait
Morning food wants brightness and bubbles, or honest coffee: nothing that argues before noon.
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