Chinese
Congee with Scallions
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Congee with Scallions is Chinese home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. 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 clear.
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Combine the rice, broth, and ginger in a pot and bring to a boil.
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Reduce to a low simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until the rice breaks down into a thick porridge, about 45 minutes.
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Stir in the soy sauce, sesame oil, and white pepper.
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Ladle into bowls and top each with a halved soft-boiled egg and plenty of scallions.
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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 Congee with Scallions, 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, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Congee with Scallions carries gluten, eggs, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Soy | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| 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
- 270 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 42 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 900 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Congee with Scallions takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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