Documented recipe

Simple Chinese Congee

Chinese rice porridge slowly cooked in water with ginger and scallion until soft and creamy.

This simple Chinese congee uses a ratio of one part rice to eight parts water. Ginger and scallion flavor the cooking liquid; the rice simmers until tender and thickens the liquid.

Total time75 min
DifficultyEasy
servings4
Simple Chinese Congee
This is an AI-generated editorial illustration and does not prove the recipe was kitchen-tested.
Take your time

Method

  1. 01

    Rinse the rice

    Rinse the rice with cold water three to five times, changing the water until it is less cloudy; drain it well at the end.

    15 min
  2. 02

    Cook the congee

    Put the water, ginger, and Chinese scallion in a pot and bring to a boil. Add the drained rice, lower the heat, and simmer for about 60 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep it from sticking.

    60 min
  3. 03

    Serve

    Remove the pot from the heat and divide the hot congee among bowls.

Sources and review

Content researched, cross-checked and automatically validated. Sources consulted:

  1. Manipulación adecuada de los alimentos | EFSA www.efsa.europa.eu/es/safe2eat/proper-food-handling
  2. Colocar de forma segura | Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030 www.dsca.gob.es/es/consumo/novedades/recomendaciones/recomendaciones-alimentarias/manipulaci…
  3. LA BIOTECNOLOGÍA PARA LA SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA, ECONÓMICA Y LA GEOPOLÍTICA doi.org/10.37885/221211159
  4. Por qué el Sáhara Occidental es una pieza clave para la seguridad alimentaria mundial doi.org/10.64628/aao.swhdr6qsf
  5. Tabla de temperaturas de seguridad alimentaria | Alimentia www.alimentiaformacion.com/blog/tabla-temperaturas-seguridad-alimentaria
  6. White rice-based food consumption and ischemic stroke risk pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21051005/
  7. Congee o gachas de arroz chinas - Bea Orviz Tjiang beaorviz.com/congee-o-gachas-de-arroz-chinas/
  8. - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qk-C94TXsw
  9. Arroz Congee estilo Thai – Kwan Homsai www.kwanhomsai.com/arroz-congee-gachas-de-arroz-thai/
  10. Congee de invierno contra el agotamiento www.meine-tcm.com/es/congee-de-invierno-contra-el-agotamiento/
  11. Arroz congee - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arroz_congee
  12. Congee auténtico - Gachas de arroz marcwiner.com/es/congee/
  13. Receta de arroz congee l elblogdeceleste elblogdeceleste.com/arroz-congee/
  14. - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSGMMCIuQro

State: Published after documentary validation; no “Tested” label is shown.

Weekly planner

Choose a day and meal