Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Chicken and Ginger Congee

  • 1-inch piece of ginger (or less), julienned
  • 2 stalks green onions for garnish
  • 300g skinless chicken breast, sliced 3-5 mm thick (your choice)
    • I think this recipe would work with 200 to 250g chicken breast
    • adjust protein per serving
  • marinade chicken breast with:
    • 2 tsp cornstarch
    • 1 tbsp low-sodium oyster sauce 
    • 1 tsp low-sodium chicken powder
    • 2 tbsp water
    • massage above into the sliced chicken breast, then add
    • 2 tbsp neutral cooking oil and massage again to blend in
    • let marinade 10-15 minutes while you prepare the rice
  • wash 3/4 cup jasmine rice
  • bring 8 cups water to boil
  • add the rice, return to boil
  • lower heat to medium-low
  • loosely cover to avoid boiling over
  • cook this way for 30 minutes. Do not stir.
  • once time is up, whisk the porridge for 3-5 minutes until the rice has broken up
  • add the chicken gradually so they don't stick together
  • cook another 2-3 minutes until the chicken is done
Amateur attempt at nutrition facts:
  • 300g raw skinless chicken breast provides 60-93g protein. Let's go with 76g protein.
  • 1 tbsp Wan Ja Shan vegetarian mushroom oyster sauce: 550mg sodium
  • 1 tsp Lee Kum Kee premium bouillon powder flavoured with chicken: 810mg sodium
  • Yields about 1800g congee, makes 4 servings
  • So about 75g chicken slices per serving, add congee until scale reads 450g.
  • Each serving: 19g protein, 340mg sodium
Kiddo requested less ginger, so I added half to the pot and set aside the rest as garnish.

Added a lap cheong sausage for the kiddo. Each one weighs 46g, contains 7g protein and 370mg sodium. If it's cut into 11 slices, each slice 33mg Na. Ignore the protein.

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