Fish porridge - chinese fish recipes

Fish congee is very common in Singapore.

Both the cantonese (Guang dong) and teochew (Chao zhou) have their own versions of this light rice soup dish.

Cantonese fish congee is like a thick rice soup with delightful fish slices "hidden" in the thick white soup. Teochew fish congee is more like a clear rice soup with thick fish slices.

If you can manage to slice the fish thinly, you can add them raw to the rice porridge and let the heat and steam from the porridge itself to lightly cook the fish. Fish that are just done taste wonderful.

2 easy fish recipes here for you to try. I think you would like them very much especially with really fresh fish. I'm drooling while writing this. :P

Cod fish porridge

Fish cooks quickly so it is added last.

I find it easier and faster to cook the rice porridge in a rice cooker before preparing the other ingredients. By the time the vegetables are cut and the fish is cleaned and marinated, the porridge should be ready.

Cod fish can be substituted with other white fish fillets such as dory fish and snapper.

Ingredients 300g cod fish fillet
pinch of cornstarch
dash of sesame seed oil
pinch of pepper
8 cups of plain rice porridge
1 tbsp ginger, julienned
1 tbsp chopped spring onion
2 sprigs of coriander
salt

Directions

1. Clean the cod fish and cut into thin slices
2. Marinate the fish slices with salt, pepper, sesame seed oil and cornstarch
3. Place the 8 cups of plain rice porridge into a pot, heat it up on slow heat
4. Add the ginger and the cod fish slices
5. Bring the porridge to a boil
6. Remove from heat
7. Sprinkle with the spring onion and coriander before serving

Milkfish porridge

Milkfish is a common freshwater fish in Taiwan. The meat texture is softer than saltwater fish.

Ingredients
200g milkfish fillet
10g young ginger
1 cup of rice
8 cups of soup stock
salt and pepper

Directions

1. Wash and slice the milkfish into thick slices
2. Wash and julienne the ginger
3. Wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes
4. Place rice in a pot, add the soup stock
5. Bring rice and stock to a boil and lower to a simmer till cooked
6. Add the milkfish slices and cooking wine
7. Add the salt, pepper and julienned ginger before serving

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