Black Rice Porridge

Name: Black Rice Porridge
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp sesame oil; 30 ml/2 tbsp light soy sauce; salt and ground white pepper; salt and ground white pepper; fresh coriander/cilantro leaves or chopped spring onions/scallions, to garnish; fresh coriander/cilantro leaves or chopped spring onions/scallions, to garnish; fresh coriander/cilantro leaves or chopped spring onions/scallions, to garnish; fresh coriander/cilantro leaves or chopped spring onions/scallions, to garnish; 90 g/3½ oz skinless chicken breast, diced into 1 cm/½ in cubes; 90 g/3½ oz smoked ham, diced into 1 cm/½ in cubes; 150 g/5 oz/generous ⅔ cup black glutinous rice, soaked overnight

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China

By Terry Tan

Published 2020

About

Grown throughout subtropical China, black rice is particularly common in Sichuan and Hunan. It is generally glutinous and has to be treated like normal glutinous rice, needing a long soak to soften the dense grains.

Ingredients

150 g/5 oz/generous ⅔ cup black glutinous rice, soaked overnight
90

Asia
China
Sichuan
Main course
Hunan

Method

Drain the rice and place in a large pan with 2 litres/3½ pints/9 cups water. Bring to t