Jook
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Recipe type: Main
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Serves: 6-8
 
Jook, rice porridge, rice soup or congee, is a wonderful versitile comfort food.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup washed white rice (short or long grained depending on your taste)
  • 8 cups water (if you like it thick)
  • or
  • 10 cups water (if you like it medium)
  • or
  • 12 cups water (if you like it very thin and soupy)
  • optional: 1-2 tsp. salt)
  • optional: substitute broth for equal parts of the water)
  • optional: add a thumb-sized knob of fresh ginger)
  • Topping suggestions:
  • sesame oil, peanuts, fresh cilantro, chopped hardboiled egg, cooked tofu, seaweed, soy sauce, freshly ground salt and pepper, butter, cooked vegetables, pickled vegetables... leftovers. Also make it sweet with sugar, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, dried fruit, chocolate chips!
Instructions
  1. Put washed rice and the desired amount of water in a dutch oven
  2. Heat until boiling
  3. Turn down heat to a simmer and cook uncovered 2½ - 3 hours, depending on how thick or thin you want it.
  4. Serve hot in small soup bowls with choices of toppings.
Recipe by Finch Frolic Garden Permaculture at https://www.vegetariat.com/2011/10/jook/