Guangdong

Century egg and pork congee

Name: Century egg and pork congee
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cantonese
Ingredients: 3/4 cup rice; 8 cups water; 200 g lean pork sliced pork; 2 peeled and diced century egg; 1 thumb julienned ginger; 1 1/2 tsp plus 1/2 tsp for the pork salt; 1/2 tsp white pepper; 1 tsp sesame oil; 2 sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1 stick sliced, to serve youtiao

Silky Cantonese rice porridge with shredded pork and jammy century egg. Dim sum shop comfort.

90 minTime

17 gProtein each

mildSpice

0.5hPlan ahead. Soak for 0.5 hours first; the 90 minutes come after.

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Grandma's wayCantonese congee with salted pork and century egg, served with youtiao.

The original

385kcalsame

17 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

90minutessame

Century egg and pork congee.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rice¾ cup

Water8 cups

Pork200 g lean pork, sliced

Century egg2, peeled and diced

Ginger1 thumb, julienned

Salt1½ tsp, plus 1/2 tsp for the pork

White pepper½ tsp

Sesame oil1 tsp

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, sliced

Youtiao1 stick, sliced, to serve

Method

4 steps

1Rub the pork with 1/2 tsp salt and rest 30 minutes or overnight in the fridge.
2Rinse the rice and bring it to a boil with the water and half the ginger. Simmer gently, stirring often, for 60 to 75 minutes.
3Add the pork and half the century egg and simmer 8 to 10 minutes until the pork is cooked through.
4Season with salt, white pepper and sesame oil. Serve topped with the rest of the egg, ginger, spring onion and youtiao.

Serve it like this

Ladle into deep bowls, scatter egg, ginger and spring onion on top, with youtiao on the side for dunking.

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