Hokkien Porridge

This is a traditional Hokkien black porridge recipe I got from my mom. I grew up eating this porridge and it has now become my own family's favourite too. It's a simple one-dish meal and it's easy to make too!

Ingredients (serves 5):

2 cups rice
4 tbps chopped shallots
2 cups long beans (cut in an inch long)
3 pieces of white beancurd (pan fried and cut into cubes)
1/2 cup dried shrimps (optional)
1 cup dried oyster (soaked and sliced)
100gm minced pork (marinate with light soy sauce and pepper)
dark soy sauce, light soy sauce and pepper to taste

Method:

1. Wash the rice and cook white porridge in a large pot. Leave to boil.
2. Heat up about 3 tbsp cooking oil and add in shallot. Fry til golden brown.
3. Add in dried shrimps. Fry till fragrant.
4. Add in oyster and minced pork. Fry till pork is thoroughly cooked.
5. Add in long beans and beancurds. Stir in dark soy sauce according to your liking on the color and taste.
6. Transfer all the fried ingredients into the pot of porridge. Stir and let it simmer til porridge is well cooked and soft. Serve hot.


*picture will be added once I take a shot :) *






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Hearty meat porridge

One of my self-improvised porridge recipes which makes my kids consume all the vege unknowingly :D
The one I'm about to share here is one with minced pork. You can also simple replace the pork with fresh fish fillet as a variation to your menu.

Ingredients:

200g mince pork (seasoned with light soy sauce and pepper for about 2 hours)
2 cups of rice
2 tbsp chopped garlic
1 whole carrot (chopped or grated) or any chopped vege of your choice
chopped spring onions for garnishing
about 2 litres of water (or according to how you prefer your porridge to be)

Method:
1. Wash the rice and leave aside
2. Heat up the wok (or non-stick deep cooking pot) and add in some cooking oil and sautee the garlic for abt 30 seconds.
3. Add in the washed rice and fry til they turn aromatic.
4. Add in the water and leave to boil.
5. Add in the minced pork (bit by bit using a table spoon) once the rice in the pot expand and turned semi rice-like. (picture below)

6. Stir occasionally while dropping in the minced pork (at slow fire)

7. Once all the minced pork are added in, put in the carrot or vege into the boiling porridge.

8. Stir the porridge and leave to boil for a lil while longer or according to your prefered rice texture. We like having our porridge still looking rice-like :)

9. Garnish with spring onion (optional) and serve hot.

*for fish porridge, simply replace minced pork with fish fillet and boil to your preferred texture*


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Hearty Fish Porridge

I usually make this when I run out of ideas for a healthy meal for my kids. It is simple yet flavourful :)

Ingredients

2 cloves of garlic, chopped

Fish fillet (seasoned with salt, pepper and ½ tsp corn flour)

Rice, washed

Carrot, shredded (or any vege of your choice)

Coriander leaves or spring onion (for garnishing)

2 litres water

Method:

1. Wash rice and set aside.
2. Heat up wok and add in 2 tbsp of cooking oil. Saute garlic and add in washed rice.
3. Fry til fragrant. Add in water and bring to a boil until rice is soft.
4. Add in shredded carrot.
5. Ensure that the rice is covered by at least 2inches of water, depending on how watery you want your porridge to be.
6. Once the rice is expanded, turn to slow fire and add in fish fillet.
7. Boil for another 5 minutes and turn off the fire and close pot lid.
8. Let the heat in the pot to cook the fish for about 20 mins or more.
9. Serve hot with coriander leaves/spring onion and fried shallots.

*for a fast serving, leave the fire on until fish is thoroughly cooked and serve immediately*

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