Ah, porridge. That old reliable breakfast staple. It's cheap, it's filling, and, if prepared properly, it can be truly delicious. While oats are the favored porridge grain in most Western ...
Chef Melissa King has a particularly soft spot for congee (or jook, the Cantonese name for the iconic rice porridge). “It’s like your Chinese chicken noodle soup — it was always cozy and comforting, ...
Congee, or jook, is my comfort food. It’s simple, warm and cozy, and absolutely delicious. This version is also incredibly nostalgic for me, since it became a tradition in my family to make it with ...
Also known as jook, the soothing rice porridge called congee is South China’s favorite breakfast. The rice has been cooked into oblivion in some kind of broth till rice and liquid merge almost ...
Simple? Check. Comforting? Check. Affordable? Mostly, yes. Ranging across different cultures (think jook, mui or kiam buay), this versatile dish is highly underrated and regarded as bland and even, ...
There are few things more soothing than a hot bowl of congee. Growing up I usually ate it in the form of pei dan sau yuk jook — a silky Cantonese congee peppered with juicy bits of pork and century ...
This simple jook (congee) recipe artfully combines aromatic ginger, tender chicken, and earthy shiitake mushrooms in a ...