Hong Kong-style Preserved Egg and Lean Meat Porridge
1.
Soak the rice in water for four hours.
2.
It is very important to put the rice in a pot and boil it in cold water. To make porridge, the rice must be cooked in cold water to make the rice fragrant.
3.
When cooking the porridge, you have to stir constantly at the beginning, and you can prepare other ingredients after the water boils.
4.
Put the preserved eggs and meat in a pot and steam them (the meat must be salted in advance).
5.
Put the oil in the pan and first counter-fry the deep-fried ghost and pick it up for later use (whether it is fresh or overnight, it must be fried over low heat).
6.
Put the chopped green onions in a frying pan over a medium-low heat and slowly fry them to create a fragrant flavor. Turn the heat to the minimum.
7.
Fry until the chopped green onions become golden and crispy, and the fragrant green onions are all incorporated into the oil (do not paste, otherwise the oil will not be required).
8.
Filter the shallots out of the oil. As long as the oil doesn't contain shallots, the shallots can be used for other foods.
9.
Put the filtered oil aside for later use.
10.
Scoop up the steamed preserved eggs and peel them.
11.
First use a knife to separate the preserved eggs.
12.
Separate the white and yolk of preserved eggs.
13.
Cut the egg yolk and egg white into large pieces, especially the egg yolk. Do not crush the egg yolk, but cut it, otherwise the porridge will change color.
14.
Remove the steamed lean meat and cut into strips.
15.
Pour preserved eggs and lean meat into the bottom of the cooked porridge.
16.
Cook the porridge over low heat, stirring constantly, and add ginger to the boil for the first time.
17.
The porridge can be fragrant only when it is cooked on a low fire, but it must be stirred constantly to prevent the porridge from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Add a little ice water (about two teaspoons, just to cool down).
18.
Cook until the porridge is boiled for the third time, add shiitake mushroom powder and salt.
19.
When eating, scoop the porridge into a bowl, add the fried fried ghost, cilantro, and a few drops of scallion oil and you're done.
Tips:
1 Authentic Cantonese porridge must be cooked in cold water.
2 Be sure to cook porridge with raw rice.
3 Be sure to boil the preserved eggs until they are cooked thoroughly. The yolks can only be cut open, not smashed and melted to avoid discoloration of the porridge.
4 Lean meat should be steamed until it is 10 minutes cooked, and the meat can be loosened and shredded to be 10 minutes cooked.
5 After the porridge bottom is rolled three times, the aroma of preserved egg can merge with the aroma of porridge.
6 Preserved eggs should choose lead-free preserved eggs so that they will not be harmful to health.