Century Egg and Lean Pork Congee is one of my favorite comfort foods, and I love having it with a Chinese Fried Donut. However, I didn't have access to any today, since the only place it's available is in Chinatown and it's far from where I live. Nevertheless, it still tasted great.
- 1/2 lb pork tenderloin (cut into thin strips)
- 4 century eggs (chopped into bite sized pieces)
- 1 cup uncooked jasmine rice
- 8 cups of water
- 1 tsp salt
Directions: Sprinkle pork strips with 1 tsp salt and mix well. Let marinate in the fridge for at least 1 1/2 hours. Wash and drain rice. Pour rice in a large heavy-bottomed pot, and add 8 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, stirring occasionally (rice tends to stick to bottom of pot). The rice should break down completely. Adjust consistency with an additional 1 - 2 cups of water if necessary (should be as thick as porridge, but some people prefer their congee thinner, like a soup). In the last 15 minutes of cooking, stir in chopped century egg and pork strips. Before serving, taste for seasoning and add salt if necessary.
Garnish with chopped scallions and add some freshly ground pepper if desired. You can also serve with some Chinese fried donut.
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Comments (18)
Isn't this usually also cooked with ginger? I am always picking out ginger pieces when I eat this, and my parents told me I have to put it in even though I always pick it out. XD
@bittersweetromantic@xanga - I've never had this kind of congee with ginger in it before, but I like it in fish congee. =D
@osmundaregalis@xanga - Oh yeah, fish congee is tastyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. ^^
4 century eggs? wow that's a lot!
yum. going to eat this tomorrow... if it's not too hot...
I don't like too many century eggs, but I love my congee extra smooth. I love congee! Yummy!
@I_am_naughty@xanga - Mummy will make some for you with less century eggs if you like, dear.
@Born_On_Earth@xanga - Hurray! Thank you, Mummy!
@cat@lovelyish - I like having a lot of century eggs. =P
Ahh I love congee, I should probably learn how to make it. (:
Thanks for sharing.
Such a great comfort food. I like my pork to be a bit salted, yummm
I love congee. It's my go-to food when I'm sick.
wow love this. it baffles me that century egg always tops the most disgusting ethnic food list.
@bittersweetromantic@xanga - The place I usually get it from uses ginger and that's also how my family makes it.
I usually have chicken in mine, though.
I was just thinking about having some last night. I was so hungry!
This looks/sounds so good o:
I should try to make it.can anyone shed some light on what a century egg is?
ewww i cant stand century egg. tastes and looks gross. i like salted eggs better.
@Kendall@lovelyish - i think the reason its called century egg is because of the color, its black because its centuries old???