--- title: "Quick & Easy Congee" description: "Fifteen-minute congee from cooked rice, creamy from smashing the grains against the side of the pot as they soften. Find ingredients, equipment, and…" url: "https://briansunter.com/recipes/quick-easy-congee" --- # Quick & Easy Congee Fifteen-minute congee from cooked rice, creamy from smashing the grains against the side of the pot as they soften. 15 minutes 2 servings breakfast chinese rice soup quick Scale Units ## Ingredients - 2 cups cooked white rice - 4 cups chicken broth - 1 tsp ginger - 1 tsp soy sauce - 0.5 tsp sesame oil - 0.5 tsp salt - \- fried egg - \- green onion - \- chili crisp ## Equipment - pot - spoon ## Instructions 1 Add 2 cups cooked white rice , 4 cups chicken broth or water, and 1 tsp ginger , grated, if using, to a pot . 2 Bring to a boil, then simmer for 10-15 minutes , stirring occasionally. 3 As the rice softens, smash it against the side of the pot with a spoon to make it creamy. Add more water or broth if you want it thinner. 4 Stir in 1 tsp soy sauce and 0.5 tsp sesame oil . Taste for 0.5 tsp salt , then adjust. 5 Serve topped with a fried egg or soft-boiled egg, green onion , sliced, chili crisp , and extra soy sauce and sesame oil. Note For Chinese-style chicken congee, toss thinly sliced @chicken{} into the simmering congee for the last \~{5-7%minutes} until cooked through. Note Even faster: blend the cooked rice and broth for just 2-3 seconds before simmering. It gets that long-cooked congee texture surprisingly quickly. ## Related recipes - [Rotisserie Chicken Scallion Rice](/recipes/rotisserie-chicken-scallion-rice) [Shredded rotisserie chicken tossed with hot rice, chicken drippings, Four Season Scallion Sauce, and golden shallot oil. A 5-minute viral hack that's deeply savory and satisfying.](/recipes/rotisserie-chicken-scallion-rice) - [Sesame Chicken Noodle Soup](/recipes/sesame-chicken-noodle-soup) [Taiwanese-inspired sesame chicken noodle soup with a ginger-scallion broth rich in sesame oil and rendered chicken fat. Cozy and healing in 20 minutes.](/recipes/sesame-chicken-noodle-soup) - [Jianbing](/recipes/jianbing) [Northern Chinese savory street-food crepe with mung bean batter, egg, fermented tofu, sweet bean paste, and a crispy cracker.](/recipes/jianbing) View Cooklang Source recipe.cook ``` --- title: Quick & Easy Congee description: "Fifteen-minute congee from cooked rice, creamy from smashing the grains against the side of the pot as they soften." servings: 2 total time: 15 minutes tags: [breakfast, chinese, rice, soup, quick] cuisine: Chinese difficulty: easy --- Add @cooked white rice{2%cups}, @chicken broth{4%cups} or water, and @ginger{1%tsp}, grated, if using, to a #pot{}. Bring to a boil, then simmer for ~{10-15%minutes}, stirring occasionally. As the rice softens, smash it against the side of the pot with a #spoon{} to make it creamy. Add more water or broth if you want it thinner. Stir in @soy sauce{1%tsp} and @sesame oil{1/2%tsp}. Taste for @salt{1/2%tsp}, then adjust. Serve topped with a @fried egg{} or soft-boiled egg, @green onion{}, sliced, @chili crisp{}, and extra soy sauce and sesame oil. > For Chinese-style chicken congee, toss thinly sliced @chicken{} into the simmering congee for the last ~{5-7%minutes} until cooked through. > Even faster: blend the cooked rice and broth for just 2-3 seconds before simmering. It gets that long-cooked congee texture surprisingly quickly. ```