Best 6 Vietnamese Chicken And Long Grain Rice Congee Recipes

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Vietnamese chicken and long grain rice congee is a hearty and flavorful dish that is perfect for a quick and easy meal. Made with simple ingredients, this congee is packed with flavor and can be easily customized to suit your taste. Whether you like it spicy, savory, or mild, this dish is sure to satisfy your cravings.

Here are our top 6 tried and tested recipes!

VIETNAMESE CHICKEN AND LONG-GRAIN RICE CONGEE



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Congee is a much overlooked soup and a comfort food of a lot of Asian peoples. This recipe is flavorful, light, and goes down real easy when you are feeling a little out of the weather. It looks harder than it actually is. I usually just throw things together, go away, and wander into the kitchen later to see if it's done.

Provided by DawnH

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Soup Recipes     Chicken Soup Recipes     Chicken and Rice Soup Recipes

Time 2h10m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

⅛ cup uncooked jasmine rice
1 (2.5 pound) whole chicken
3 (2 inch) pieces fresh ginger root
1 stalk lemon grass, chopped
1 tablespoon salt, or to taste
¼ cup chopped cilantro
⅛ cup chopped fresh chives
ground black pepper to taste
1 lime, cut into 8 wedges

Steps:

  • Place chicken in a stock pot. Pour in enough water to cover chicken. Add ginger, lemon grass, and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and gently simmer for 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours.
  • Strain broth, and return broth to stock pot. Let chicken cool, then remove bones and skin, and tear into bite-size pieces; set aside.
  • Stir rice into broth, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. If necessary, adjust with water or additional salt. The congee is done, but can be left to cook an additional 45 minutes for better consistency.
  • Ladle congee into bowls, and top with chicken, cilantro, chives, and pepper. Squeeze lime juice to taste.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 642.5 calories, Carbohydrate 9.8 g, Cholesterol 210 mg, Fat 42.3 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 53 g, SaturatedFat 12.1 g, Sodium 1943.4 mg, Sugar 0.5 g

VIETNAMESE CHICKEN AND LONG-GRAIN RICE CONGEE



Vietnamese Chicken and Long-Grain Rice Congee image

Congee is a much overlooked soup and a comfort food of a lot of Asian peoples. This recipe is flavorful, light, and goes down real easy when you are feeling a little out of the weather. It looks harder than it actually is. I usually just throw things together, go away, and wander into the kitchen later to see if it's done.

Provided by DawnH

Categories     Chicken and Rice Soup

Time 2h10m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

⅛ cup uncooked jasmine rice
1 (2.5 pound) whole chicken
3 (2 inch) pieces fresh ginger root
1 stalk lemon grass, chopped
1 tablespoon salt, or to taste
¼ cup chopped cilantro
⅛ cup chopped fresh chives
ground black pepper to taste
1 lime, cut into 8 wedges

Steps:

  • Place chicken in a stock pot. Pour in enough water to cover chicken. Add ginger, lemon grass, and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and gently simmer for 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours.
  • Strain broth, and return broth to stock pot. Let chicken cool, then remove bones and skin, and tear into bite-size pieces; set aside.
  • Stir rice into broth, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. If necessary, adjust with water or additional salt. The congee is done, but can be left to cook an additional 45 minutes for better consistency.
  • Ladle congee into bowls, and top with chicken, cilantro, chives, and pepper. Squeeze lime juice to taste.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 642.5 calories, Carbohydrate 9.8 g, Cholesterol 210 mg, Fat 42.3 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 53 g, SaturatedFat 12.1 g, Sodium 1943.4 mg, Sugar 0.5 g

RICE CONGEE WITH CHICKEN



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Sometime ago I saw a program on television where they made this with pork. The dish looked very interesting to me and healthy. I have made it now several times as a soup and added my own ingredients. This is what I found out about congee. It's a boiled rice porridge eaten by the Chinese for breakfast. In various areas they will add fermented bean curd, pickles or greens. In the South, meat, chicken, roast duck or fermented eggs are added. The rice will thicken the soup. I went for chicken and mushrooms plus some vegetables, I like to serve this soup/porridge with tea-marbled eggs(recipe #111738) Depending on availabilty and price I do sometimes substitute mushrooms for the shiitake My husband likes the congee sprinkled with chilies for an extra kick. If you make this in advance it will probably be thickened when you reheat it, just add some water or chicken stock.

Provided by PetsRus

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 2h30m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 19

8 cups good chicken stock
1 cup rice, I prefer short-grain but long-grain works too
4 garlic cloves, crushed
6 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and sliced (soaked in hot water for 20 minutes also stems removed and sliced) or 12 dried shiitake mushrooms (soaked in hot water for 20 minutes also stems removed and sliced)
1 tablespoon grated ginger
2 cups thin sliced chicken breasts (you can also use cooked chicken, shredded or chopped)
2 cups chopped pak choi (or a mix of these two) or 2 cups leeks, chopped in fine rings (or a mix of these two)
1 tablespoon soy sauce, to taste
1 tablespoon oyster sauce, to taste
salt, to taste
white pepper, to taste
fresh coriander leaves
green onion, chopped
tea marbled egg
finely chopped fresh spinach leaves
chopped chile
egg, thin omelet, cut in fine strips
sesame oil
soy sauce

Steps:

  • Bring chicken stock to a boil, add the rice and the garlic, reduce the heat and simmer for approx 2 hours until the grains break down but not completely disintegrate, stir occasionally.
  • Add the chicken, shiitake and ginger, and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add your chosen vegetables cook for another 3-5 minutes.
  • Taste the soup and add soy, oyster sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
  • Serve in bowls, drizzled with some sesame oil, and any or all of the above garnishes in separate bowls/dishes for people to help themselves.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 386.3, Fat 6.2, SaturatedFat 1.7, Cholesterol 14.4, Sodium 1063.9, Carbohydrate 64.4, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 9.5, Protein 16.8

SUPER-SIMPLE OVERNIGHT PORRIDGE



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How to make congee (also called cháo in Vietnamese) the easy way by soaking leftover cooked rice overnight before simmering the next morning.

Provided by Andrea Nguyen

Categories     Rice     Soup/Stew     Ginger     Green Onion/Scallion     Healthy     Breakfast     Lunch

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cups packed cooked white rice
About 5 cups chicken stock, vegetable stock, or store-bought chicken or vegetable broth
2 cups water, plus more as needed
3 thick slices unpeeled ginger, bruised
2 green onions, white parts kept whole, green parts cut into thin rings
About ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
Recently ground black pepper (optional)

Steps:

  • In a 4-quart saucepan, combine the rice, chicken stock, and water. Cover and let sit overnight at cool room temperature (around or below 60°F) or in the refrigerator.
  • The next morning, add the ginger and the white parts of the green onions to the pot. Partially cover (a small gap is perfect to minimize evaporation and avoid a boil over) and bring to vigorous simmer over high heat. Lower the heat and gently simmer, partially covered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally and adjusting the heat as needed. When done, most of the liquid will have been absorbed (you'll see little separation between the rice and liquid). Discard the ginger and green onions. Stir the pot, cover tightly, turn off the heat, and let rest for 10 minutes to finish thickening. The desired thickness of the porridge can vary according to taste; it can be rustic and thick, or elegant and thin, or somewhere in between. If needed, add a splash of water to thin or cook a little longer to thicken. Taste and season with the salt.
  • When ready to serve, reheat the porridge to a simmer, then ladle into individual bowls. Garnish with sliced green onions and pepper.
  • Embellishments:
  • Lean, light-tasting cháo responds well to fatty, salty, spicy, herbal enhancements. In addition to (or instead of) garnishing your porridge with green onion and pepper, consider the following, and feel free to mix and match.
  • Toppings:
  • Crisp chopped bacon, a fried or soft-boiled egg, and maybe chopped kimchi for punch.
  • Lemongrass Tempeh Crumbles or Crispy Caramelized Pork Crumbles.
  • Chopped Sriracha Tofu, fried onions or shallots, and coarsely chopped fresh cilantro, mint, or basil.
  • Add-ins:
  • Crack a raw egg into the bowl before ladling in the hot soup. Top with crumbled rice crackers and perhaps ribbons of Korean toasted seaweed snacks (one pack of gim is enough for a batch). Stir well before eating.
  • Drop 8 ounces of raw peeled shrimp into the soup as it heats. When the shrimp are pink and cooked through, ladle out the soup. Add slivered ginger and maybe some gim.
  • Stir in raw or seared mushroom. Add a handful of shredded cooked chicken or some shrimp, or both.

CHAO GA - VIETNAMESE RICE PORRIDGE



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My Vietnamese fiancé absolutely loves Chao Ga. He and I edited a version we got to make it easier for our family. It's a thick rice soup. The rice gets soft and it's very comforting when sick. You can use just long grain white rice if you do not have glutinous rice. It's a great way to use leftover chicken, and sometimes I poach an egg on top after the rice has cooked to have more of a comforting feel. Sometimes you need to add more chicken stock to keep it soupy, so I check it a couple times while cooking. You can garnished with a couple of sliced Polygonum leaves, but I don't have them so I skip that part.

Provided by Kiersten Phae

Categories     Chicken

Time 1h10m

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

6 cups water
6 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup glutinous rice
2 cups long grain rice
1 -2 cup chicken meat, shredded
3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
2 -4 eggs, depending on desired servings (optional)
2 tablespoons sliced mushrooms (optional)
1 teaspoon white pepper (black works also)
2 scallions or 2 green onions, sliced thin

Steps:

  • Place rice and glutinous rice in a large pot with water and stock.
  • Bring to boil then lower heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally.
  • Cook until rice is very soft and mixture is thick. Roughly 45-60 minutes.
  • Add fish sauce, sugar, shredded chicken, mushrooms, and poultry seasoning.
  • Stir Gently.
  • If desired, to Poach eggs: add to top of the mixture and cover.
  • Let it simmer an additional 5-10 minutes, or the eggs are cooked to your liking.
  • Spoon porridge into individual serving bowls.
  • Garnish with spring onion.
  • Sprinkle with pepper.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 284.6, Fat 2.6, SaturatedFat 0.7, Cholesterol 5.4, Sodium 785.9, Carbohydrate 54.4, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 3.8, Protein 9.1

CHINESE CHICKEN AND RICE PORRIDGE (CONGEE)



Chinese Chicken and Rice Porridge (Congee) image

Also known as jook, congee turns up in Chinese households morning, noon, and night. This thick rendition is made heartier with the addition of chicken.

Categories     Chicken     Poultry     Rice     Breakfast     Dinner     Lunch     Gourmet     Sugar Conscious     Dairy Free     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free     Kosher

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 10

3 1/2 to 4-lb chicken, cut into serving pieces, including back and giblets (exclude liver)
10 cups water
3 tablespoons Chinese rice wine or medium-dry sherry
3 (1/4-inch-thick) slices fresh ginger
3 scallions, halved crosswise and smashed with flat side of a heavy knife
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup long-grain rice
Accompaniment: fine julliene of fresh ginger, thinly sliced scallions, and Asian sesame oil
N/A scallions
N/A Asian sesame oil

Steps:

  • Bring chicken and water to a boil in a 5-quart heavy pot, skimming froth. Add wine, ginger, scallions, and salt and cook at a bare simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes, or until breast meat is just cooked through. Trasfer 1 breast half with tongs to a bowl and continue to cook stock at a bare simmer, skimming froth as neccessary, 2 hours and 40 minutes. Meanwhile, cool chicken breast long enough to remove skin and bones, returning skin and bones to stock.
  • Cool breast meat completely and tear into shreds. Chill shreds, covered, and bring to room temperature before serving.
  • Pour stock through a large seive into a large bowl and discard solids. (you should have about 8 cups: if less, add water; if more, cook longer after adding rice.) Return stock to cleaned pot and add rice. Bring to a boil and stir. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered until consistency of oatmeal, about 1 3/4 hours, stirring frequently during last 1/2 hour of cooking. (Congee will continue to thicken as it stands. thin with water if necessary.)
  • Season congee with salt. Serve topped with chicken and accompaniments.

Tips:

  • Use day-old rice for the best texture.
  • If you don't have day-old rice, spread the cooked rice on a sheet pan and let it cool completely before storing it in the refrigerator.
  • When reheating the congee, add a little bit of water or broth to prevent it from becoming too thick.
  • You can add other vegetables to the congee, such as carrots, celery, and broccoli.
  • Serve the congee with your favorite toppings, such as green onions, cilantro, and fried shallots.

Conclusion:

Vietnamese chicken and long-grain rice congee is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It is also a great way to use up leftover rice. With a few simple ingredients, you can create a flavorful and satisfying meal that the whole family will enjoy.

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