Congee is a yummy Chinese rice porridge that’s easy to make. It’s made by boiling rice in water until it becomes thick like pudding.
This dish is often eaten for breakfast and is usually savoury. It’s easy on the tummy and can have turnips, ginger, carrots, radish and celery in it.
You can change up Congee to suit what you like. The main thing you need is rice, but you can add things like pork or tofu to make it more filling and tasty.
The kind of rice you use can change depending on where in China you are. But most of the time, short-grain rice is used in Congee recipes.
According to experts are Breakfastcure, Congee is a meal that “hydrates, supports digestion and soothes the stomach”. It also improves digestion “by soothing and balancing the entire digestive tract and every organ of digestion”.