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Pi Dan Shou Rou Zhou (Century Egg and Pork Congee)
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Pi Dan Shou Rou Zhou (Century Egg and Pork Congee) is Chinese home cooking, eaten at breakfast and lunch. 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 and combine with the water in a heavy pot; bring to a boil, then simmer 35 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thick and creamy.
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Toss the pork with the soy sauce, cornstarch and ginger and set aside to marinate while the congee cooks.
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Peel the century eggs and cut into small wedges.
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Stir the marinated pork into the simmering congee and cook 5 minutes, until just cooked through.
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Fold in the century egg wedges and warm through for 1 minute.
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Season with the white pepper, drizzle with the sesame oil, scatter with scallions and serve hot.
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Serve it with
A Chinese lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Pi Dan Shou Rou Zhou (Century Egg and Pork Congee), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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. Pi Dan Shou Rou Zhou (Century Egg and Pork Congee) 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
- 340 kcal
- Protein
- 19 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 570 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Pi Dan Shou Rou Zhou (Century Egg and Pork Congee) takes about 55 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast and lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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