Chinese
Xiao Mi Zhou (Millet Congee)
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Xiao Mi Zhou (Millet 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 millet in a fine mesh strainer until the water runs clear.
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Toast the millet in the dry pot over medium heat for 1 minute, stirring, until fragrant.
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Add the water, bring to a boil, then reduce to a low simmer.
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Cook uncovered 30 minutes, stirring now and then, until the millet is soft and the porridge has thickened and turned pale gold.
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Stir in the salt and serve hot.
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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 Xiao Mi Zhou (Millet Congee), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Xiao Mi Zhou (Millet 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
- 5 g
- Carbs
- 35 g
- Fat
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 190 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Xiao Mi Zhou (Millet Congee) takes about 40 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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