Chinese Rice Porridge | Chinese Chicken Konji
A one-pot meal porridge in a Chinese style where rice is slow cooked and then combined with all the Chinese flavors.
Servings 4
Ingredients
For preparing rice:
- ¼ cup rice short grain or basmati
- 3 pieces of chicken with bones
- 2- inch piece ginger
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 green chili
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups water or more
For tempering:
- 1 tablespoon chopped ginger
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1 green chili finely chopped
- ¼ cup chopped green spring onion
- 3 tablespoon finely chopped green capsicum
- 2 tablespoon white portion of spring onion finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3 tablespoon cooking oil
Instructions
- In a medium size pot add all the ingredients for cooking rice. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes or till rice is cooked and mushy. The consistency should be of a thick soup. Add more water if needed.
- When the rice is cooked, remove the chicken pieces and discard the bones. Finely shred the chicken and add it back to the rice.
- Heat 3 tbsp cooking oil in a pan and fry chopped ginger, garlic, white spring onion and green chili till the raw smell disappears and they slightly change color.
- Then add chopped capsicum, soy sauce, black pepper powder, vinegar and sugar. Add this tempering to the cooked rice porridge and stir well.
- Cook the porridge on slow flame for 5 minutes and check the seasoning.
- Finally, garnish with chopped spring onion and serve hot.