Congee with Condiments

調味粥

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Hong Kong Diner: Recipes for Baos, Hotpots, Street Snacks and more

By Jeremy Pang

Published 2017

  • About

Every culture has its own cure-alls for flu, colds and other illnesses, alongside home remedies and treatments, for children especially. Whether they’re soups, or teas, or porridge, these foods all tend to bring comfort and strength as well as easy digestion – all necessary when battling illness. In Hong Kong, homemade congee may be the only thing that parents will allow their kids to eat when they are suffering any sort of stomach bug, but similarly there is also a huge congee-eating break