Congee with lean pork

Ingredients: serves 5 people

-             50 g fresh rice

-             200-300 g lean pork

-             2 carrot

-             ½ teaspoon table salt

-             1 teaspoon granulated sugar

-             1 teaspoon ground pepper

-             1 stalks of coriander

-             3 stalks of scallion

-             1 tablespoon of cooking oil

-             1 teaspoon of sesame oil

Preparation:

-          Lean pork: wash and drain. Bring to a grinder to ground or finely chop with a sharp knife on a cutting board.

-          Carrot: peeled, wash and drain. Dice into 1 inch pieces.

-          Scallion: wash and drain. Separate the green and the white part. Reserve the white part for cooking use later. Mince the green part and put into a small bowl for serving.

-          Coriander: wash and well drain. Finely chop and put into serving bowl.

-          Wash the rice : Add the rice into a mixing bowl. Pour about 0.5 liter of water . Use your hand gently make circles around. Don’t rub the rice grains together so hard. Drain the water off.

Cooking:

1.            Put rice into a pot, or a rice cooker. Pour the water in the rice. The ratio of rice and water should be 1: 4. Start the power to cook.

2.            In the meanwhile,  heat 2 tablesoons of cooking oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoon minced scallion and half of ground lean pork. Add 1 teaspoon broth mix and ½ ground pepper. Saute for just 1 minutes and remove from the heat.

3.            When the rice boils, add half of ground pork . Continue to cook. Adjust the heat to medium low. Occasionally open the lid and stir the contents slowly to prevent sticking and burning.

4.            Add the diced carrot and simmer for 30 minutes.

5.            As the rice is cooked very soft and the soup turns milky, just place sauted meat and and white part scallion.

6.            Add sugar, broth mix, and table salt.

7.            Finally add the fish sauce and sesame oil. Taste to match your flavor.

8.            Turn off the heat and prepare for serving.

Serving:

-                Spoon the congee into individual serving bowls.

-                Sprinkle with ground pepper, chopped coriander and minced scallion.

-                Serve hot with  hot soy sauce or fish sauce.

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