Pork Rice Porridge is a simple, healthy, comforting dish that will remind you of home. It is the perfect, nutritious feed for those feeling under the weather.
Pork Rice Porridge
Print RecipeIngredients
- Porridge Ingredients
- 300-400 grams of minced pork
- 2 cups of cooked white rice
- 6 hydrated shiitake mushrooms, sliced
- 6 hydrated cloud ear fungus, thinly sliced
- 1 large carrot, diced
- 2 eggs
- 2 cubes of pork seasoning or 2 tablespoons of salt
- 2-inch knob of ginger, flattened
- 12 cups of water
- Pork Marinade Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon of white pepper
- 2 teaspoon of sesame oil
- 100ml of water
- Condiments
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- 4 sprigs of cilantro, coarsely chopped
- 2 small limes, quartered
- Half a small bowl of fried garlic or fried shallot
- 2-inch knob of ginger, minced
- Chilli powder
- White pepper
- Peanuts
Instructions
- Add cooked rice, 12 cups of water, ginger, and pork seasoning in a pot. Leave to boil, then lower to a simmer until the rice has thickened into a paste. Stir constantly.
- Meanwhile, marinate minced pork in light soy sauce, salt, sugar, corn starch, white pepper and sesame oil. Add enough water to moisten the mixture. Roll the minced pork into small balls. Cover and leave in a cool place.
- Add shiitake mushrooms, cloud ear fungus and carrot about 30 minutes into the cooking.
- Add minced pork to the rice in the last 15 minutes of cooking.
- When the rice porridge is done, take it off the heat, stir in 2 eggs and close the lid for a minute.
- Serve the rice porridge in bowls with condiments on the side.
