This is a mild herbal congee recipe.
Euryale seeds (芡实 qian shi) is a common chinese herb and frequently used in chinese soups. The Cantonese 4-taste soup and cheng bo leong has it. It is not difficult to find in the chinese medicinal shops.
It is a small round seed with a brownish skin. When thoroughly cooked, it is soft and powdery.
100g pork fillet
20g euryale seeds
1 stalk of spring onion
1 cup of rice
12 cups of soup stock
salt and pepper
Marinate for the pork
1 tbsp cooking wine
1 tsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
Directions
- Wash and soak the rice and euryale seeds for 30 minutes
- Place rice and euryale seeds in a pot and add the soup stock
- Bring it to a boil and lower heat to a simmer and cook till done
- Clean the pork and slice thinly
- Place in a bowl and add the marinate for the pork. Leave to stand for 5 minutes
- Parboil the pork
- Wash the spring onion and chop finely
- When the porridge is done, add the pork and cook till done
- Add the salt and pepper, sprinkle the chopped spring onion before serving
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