Thai
Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs)
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the rice and bring to a boil with 8 cups water.
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Reduce to a low simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until the rice breaks down into a thick smooth porridge, about 35 minutes, adding more water as needed.
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Roll the ground pork into small balls and drop into the porridge for the last 5 minutes.
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Season with the light soy sauce and white pepper.
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Ladle into bowls and let each diner stir in a raw egg.
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Top with the ginger, cilantro and scallions, more often bought than cooked but the household default when someone is small or unwell.
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Serve it with
A Thai breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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. Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) carries gluten, eggs, and soy. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Drunken Noodles with Chicken |
| Soy | Yes | Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) |
| 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
- 520 kcal
- Protein
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 52 g
- Fat
- 23 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 200 mg
- Saturated fat
- 8 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) takes about 45 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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