Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, brown rice & chicken congee. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Brown Rice is a whole-grain rice with the inedible outer hull removed. White rice is the same grain but has the hull, bran layer, and cereal germ removed. Red rice, gold rice, and black rice (also called purple rice) are all whole rices, but with differently pigmented outer layers.
Brown Rice & Chicken Congee is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Brown Rice & Chicken Congee is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have brown rice & chicken congee using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Brown Rice & Chicken Congee:
- Get 1/3 cup brown basmati rice, soaked for 2-3 hours
- Prepare 3/4 cup chicken cubes
- Make ready 6 cups water
- Get 1 chicken cube
- Prepare to taste salt
- Get 1 tbsp. chopped almonds
- Prepare 1 tbsp. chopped pistachios
- Get chopped coriander leaves, fried onion, red chili flakes, lime wedges, boiled eggs to garnish
The process that produces brown rice removes only the outermost layer, the hull, of the rice kernel and is the least damaging to its nutritional value. The complete milling and polishing that converts. Slow and low is the way to go. Yes, it takes a little longer than white rice, but it's not any harder.
Instructions to make Brown Rice & Chicken Congee:
- In a pan, add rice, chicken, almonds, pistachios, chicken stock cube & salt.
- Add 6 cups water and simmer for 35-40 minutes or till the rice turns soft and mushy.
- Keep mashing it with a masher at intervals for a smooth consistency.
- Ladle into individual bowls. Serve, garnished with chopped coriander leaves, fried onion, chili flakes, boiled egg and lime wedges. You may also drizzle some chili / tomato sauce for added flavour.
We have a few hacks to bump up flavor and ensure fluffy results. Manufacturers refine brown rice to make white rice, so it tends to have lower nutritional value. Is brown rice or white rice better for health? If you've ever cooked brown rice that turned out gummy, undercooked, or stuck to the bottom of the pan, join the club. Brown rice is a "good" carb, they say, and white rice is a "bad" one.
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