Hello Hiveans! Let's cook something with Leeks the theme of this week's Qurator's HIVE Top Chef. So for this week's challenge, I was thinking of cooking comfort food for the family. It has been raining for a few days and the weather has been quite cold lately. Hahaha, you may be thinking about how can hot Malaysian weather feel cold, but for a Malaysian like me, it is kind of cold. A 25 degree celsius in raining season is very cold for me. I can sleep without a fan and will be shivering when I touch the water from the tap. So I have decided that for this type of weather, a smoking hot porridge may just be the best thing. Let's start cooking our rice porridge.
Rice Porridge with Carrot Garnished with Shredded Chicken, Fried Anchovies, Onions and Red Chilies
INGREDIENTS FOR PORRIDGE
2 pieces boneless skinless chicken breast – cooked and shredded
1 1/2 cup rice – Wash and rinse
2 chicken stock cubes
1-inch ginger, crushed
2 leeks - sliced
1 carrot – cut into cubes
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon white pepper
METHODS TO PREPARE PORRIDGE AND SHREDDED CHICKEN
- Prepare soup ingredients. Wash and cut chicken, each into 2 pieces, crush ginger, 2 chicken stock cubes and slice 2 stalk leeks.
- Place Chicken Breast in a pot. Add leeks, crushed ginger and 2 chicken stock cubes.
- Add water, the water must entirely cover the chicken. This technique is very important to make sure you will have that tender soft chicken.
- Add 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon white pepper. Boil for 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked to perfection.
- When the chicken is cooked to perfection. Remove the chicken from the soup. Leave the soup for cooking the porridge.
- Wash and rinse the rice and add the rice into the soup and boil on medium-low fire. Place the lid tilting on the pot, to allow steam to escape. Check your porridge continuously and add 1 cup water gradually every 15 minutes until your porridge is cooked to perfection. Don't just leave it there or you will have a burned porridge :D.
- After 30 minutes, add the carrot and continue boiling for 30 minutes more. Stir occasionally until the rice turns into a creamy texture of porridge.
- While waiting for the porridge to cook, let’s prepare the garnishing. For methods on how to prepare the garnishing, please scroll below.
1. Prepare soup ingredients. Wash and cut chicken, each into 2 pieces, crush ginger, 2 chicken stock cubes and slice 2 stalk leeks.
2. Place Chicken Breast in a pot. Add leeks, crushed ginger and 2 chicken stock cubes.
3. Add water, the water must entirely cover the chicken. This technique is very important to make sure you will have that tender soft chicken.
4. Add 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon white pepper. Boil for 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked to perfection.
5. When the chicken is cooked to perfection. Remove the chicken from the soup. Leave the soup for cooking the porridge.
6. Wash and rinse the rice and add the rice into the soup and boil on medium-low fire. Place the lid tilting on the pot, to allow steam to escape.
7. After 30 minutes, add the carrot and continue boiling for 30 minutes more. Stir occasionally until the rice turns into a creamy texture of porridge.
8. While waiting for the porridge to cook, let’s prepare the garnishing.
GARNISHING INGREDIENTS
- Shredded Chicken from the soup
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- Fried ingredients
• 1 handful anchovies
• 1 onion - slice
• 5 bird’s eye chilies - slice
• 3 red chilies - slice
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil - Slice Leeks and Red Chilies.
Methods for garnishing
1. Fry Anchovies until half done and then add Onions, Red Chillies and Bird's eye chilies. Fry until they turned golden brown.
2. Add 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil to the porridge after the porridge is done.
3. Shred the chicken, you must remember to shred it while the chicken is still warm because it will be hard to shred after it gets cold.
4. Slice Leeks and Red Chilies.
Rice porridge and garnishing ingredients are ready.
Wala! Rice Porridge with Carrot Garnished with Shredded Chicken, Fried Anchovies, Onions and Red Chilies.
Dig in! Bon Appetite!
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