Rice Porridge

Name: Rice Porridge
Yield: Serves Two
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp Thai fish sauce; 2 heads pickled garlic, finely chopped; 1 celery stick, finely diced; salt and ground black pepper; 30 ml/2 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil; 225 g/8 oz minced (ground) pork; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups cooked rice; 4 small red shallots, finely sliced; 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 900 ml/1½ pints/3¾ cups vegetable stock

Preparation info

Serves
Two

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

Originating in China, this dish has now spread throughout the whole of South-East Asia and is loved for its comforting blandness. It is invariably served with a few strongly flavoured accompaniments.

Ingredients

900 ml/1½ pints/3¾ cups vegetable stock
200

Asia
Thailand
China
Gluten-free
Soup
South East Asia

Method

Make the garnishes by heating the groundnut oil in a frying pan and cooking the garlic and shallots over a low heat until brown. Drain on kitchen paper and reserve for the soup.
Pour the stock into a large pan. Bring to the boil a