Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen

by Foreigner John

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Time

1h

Serving

4

Before I went to a Cantonese restaurant with my friends. My friend helped me order a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge. I tasted it and found it tasted very good. Later, my friends told me that preserved eggs are one of the foods that crooked nuts find disgusting. They wanted to see my reaction to eating preserved eggs and thought it would be fun.

It's really bad, I let them down, I am deeply in love with the taste of preserved egg and lean meat porridge! So, like all the other foods I like, I decided to learn to make preserved egg and lean meat porridge by myself.

A bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge seems simple, but to make it delicious, you still need to cook it with patience.

Next, let's take a look at how to make this delicious preserved egg and lean meat porridge!

Ingredients

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen

1. Let's first prepare the rice for the porridge. It is best to choose short-grain rice, because short-grain rice has a high starch content, and the cooked porridge will be thicker.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

2. Add water and a teaspoon of salt to the washed rice.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

3. Add a tablespoon of sesame oil.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

4. After stirring, let it soak for at least half an hour.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

5. Next, let's prepare lean meat. I chose pork tenderloin here. Cut a piece of tenderloin.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

6. Then cut off all the fat around.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

7. Next, cut the pork into thin slices.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

8. Then cut into filaments. Because the tenderloin is very tender and there is not a lot of fascia in the lean meat, it should be cut very well.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

9. Now, let's marinate the thin sliced pork.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

10. Add a little salt, sugar, and some cooking wine to the shredded pork.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

11. After mixing well, set aside to marinate for at least 20 minutes.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

12. Next, let's cut some ginger shreds.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

13. Peel a small piece of ginger, slice it into thin slices, and then cut into shredded ginger.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

14. Next, let's prepare preserved eggs. Break the preserved egg shells into pieces, and then peel them.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

15. The taste of preserved eggs is very unpleasant, everyone must pay attention to safety!

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

16. Cut two preserved eggs into small pieces.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

17. Divide the sliced preserved eggs into two for use.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

18. Boil water in a pot, then add the marinated lean pork. After boiling it for a while, use chopsticks to spread it out. water

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

19. After boiling again, skim the froth in the pot. Then add the sliced ginger in turn.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

20. Drained rice and a sliced preserved egg.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

21. Stir the mixture in the pot with a wooden spoon, and simmer for 50 minutes on medium-low heat.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

22. In the process of cooking the porridge, use a wooden spoon to stir from time to time to prevent the bottom from sticking.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

23. After 50 minutes, add another chopped preserved egg and a pinch of salt to the porridge to taste.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

24. Stir it, and then continue to cook for about 10 minutes.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

25. After the porridge is cooked, put it into a large bowl, and serve as much as you want.

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

26. Finally, decorate with some freshly chopped green onions, and you are ready to eat!

Congee with Preserved Eggs and Lean Meat | John's Kitchen recipe

Tips:

When drinking porridge, add a little white pepper to increase freshness.

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