Chinese
Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee)
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Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) is Chinese home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the rice until the water runs mostly clear.
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Combine the rice and water in a heavy pot and bring to a boil.
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Reduce to a gentle simmer, partially cover, and cook 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the grains break down into a thick, creamy porridge.
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Stir in the salt and adjust the thickness with a splash of hot water if it is too tight.
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Ladle into bowls and let each person dress their own with whatever pickles or toppings are on the table.
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Serve it with
A Chinese breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 180 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 190 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) takes about 50 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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