Chicken and Rice Porridge
A savory Zhejiang dish, simmered with diced chicken, potatoes, carrots, and rice.
Ingredients
Chicken (about 1250 g; pluck, remove the innards, wash, remove the head and feet, boil, debone, and dice)
1
Potatoes (washed and diced)
250 g
Carrots (washed and diced)
150 g
Onion (washed and diced)
125 g
Rice (rinsed and drained)
150 g
Fresh peas (rinsed and drained)
100 g
Fine salt
to taste
MSG
a pinch
Ground pepper
a pinch
Instructions
1
Prepare the ingredients
Pluck the chicken, remove its innards, wash it, and remove the head and feet. Bring it to a boil in cold water, skim off the foam, and continue boiling until fully cooked. Remove the chicken, let it cool, remove the bones, and cut the meat into small dice (about 500 g). Wash and dice the potatoes, carrots, and onion. Rinse the rice and peas and drain them well; set aside.
2
Simmer the porridge
Strain the chicken broth. Add the diced chicken, potatoes, carrots, rice, and onion, and simmer gently until the mixture thickens into a porridge. Add the peas, season with fine salt, MSG, and ground pepper, and let it come to a gentle boil before serving.