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Pork Rice Porridge (Bak Chok)

Recipe submitted by ND14

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This is not oatmeal or cereal in liquid. Asian porridge which is savoury thick rice porridge has been so well-liked by Asians for centuries. This is comfort food during Winter.

Serves 4

Ingredients

Ingredients
200 gm of lean pork , thinly sliced
100 gm minced pork - season and make into balls - the size of a 20 cent coin
50 gm pig’s liver, thinly sliced
4 medium eggs (60gm each)
1½ cups of jasmine rice
6 - 7 cups of water
1 cup of thick chicken stock
½ teaspoon of ground white pepper
Sprinkle of sesame oil
Few drops of light soy sauce
Seasoning for minced pork
1 teaspoons of light soy
Sprinkle of ground white pepper
2 teaspoons of corn starch
Garnish:
½ teaspoon of fried shallots
1 cup sliced spring onions

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Method

Marinate minced pork with seasoning, for 15 minutes.
Keep refrigerated while marinating.
Blanch pig’s liver slices in boiling water for 30 seconds.
Drain and set aside.
To make rice porridge
Rinse rice and place rice and water in a large pot.
Bring to a boil over high heat.
Add chicken stock and boil over low heat
Simmer for 20 minutes.
While simmering, you have to stir it continuously till rice breaks down and liquid slightly thicken.
Add seasoned meat balls and meat slices, and continue to stir.
Add some water occasionally if porridge is getting too thick
Add sesame oil, soy sauce and pepper.
Stir and simmer for another 5 minutes.
Add in blanched pig’s liver.
Immediately turn off the heat.
Ladel scoops of the cooked rice porridge with even amount of pork slices, pork balls and liver into a bowl.
Crack an egg into the hot rice porridge.
The hot liquid from the rice porridge will half boil the egg.
Garnish with spring onions and shallots.

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Notes & Tips

You can do a fish version instead of the meat version. Add lots of ginger to the fish version. Rice porridge is also eaten with fried fritters (fried dough sticks)

Recipe Rating

Preparation Time: 30M

Cooking Time: 30M

What do you think?

ND14 April 2010

Superb breakfast all year round - best in Winter!!

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