Why We Eat Congee, The Humble Rice Porridge

I’ve made this recipe, multiple times, exactly how he does it in the video and it is exceptional. Perfect dinner food as well.
Light, filling, easy to digest and nutritious… exactly what you need. Thank you Lucas!

omg perfect, I was looking for a congee recipe. Love Lucas.

Growing up, my mom would tell me, in the old country, baby’s and kids didn’t have cows milk, we had congee water and that’s what we drank to grow big and strong.

Mom my is famous for her egg drop congee. You boil the rice until it’s done, turn off the fire and slowly stir in a few eggs with some salt or fish sauce.

Congee with chicken is the best! It'll hydrate you and provide amino acids that can be used by the body to heal.
It's easy to digest so it doesn't upset the digestive tract when it's weakened by being sick.

Cooking is my love and profession. I enjoy your tubes lots. I only have a small comment. Pl speak a little slower and also some parts are complicated as you speed up your talk. missed some parts. tks for your insight of cooking.

Look soooooo delicious ❤

The chef is wrong about Jasmine Rice. It is not stored with Jasmine Flowers. It is a variety of rice known to have a subtle smell of Pandanus. Jasmine flowers are so expensive that nobody would waste it on rice.

For the 1000 year egg, I just cut it in. Not mush it all together into the rice

My fav asian dish.

Merci beaucoup from France! I was looking for a good recipe of congee, reminder of some years spent in SE Asia. This chef has a very good knowledge on food and explains so well. Very very interesting. Thanks again.

In Bangladesh we call this Zhou. I love eating it, we have it with boiled egg or curries. It is good when sick

“So we abstain from eating fatty foods”
me shoveling down 3 Chinese donuts with it

This was fascinating to watch!! Does this chef have his own program? I could watch him for days! I LOVE learning in the way he taught!!

I want Avgolemono :)

I love me some Lucas :D

I love that you have mentioned our arrozcaldo ❤️

we called this SANPIAU

Congee is like my favorite food along with fried stuff and soups. I just can't understand how congee tastes so good even if you literally only add salt+pepper+msg with zero toppings or any kind of stocks like HOW? What kind of sorcery is this?
When I was really broke I would just grab random leftover rice and make it into congee only adding salt, pepper and msg. That's like my favorite meal of the day.

I originate from Kerala, Southern India which saw many Chinese traders. You can see their influence with the Chinese fishing nets, China chattis (Chinese vessels or pots) and Kanji which is rice gruel eaten when we are ill or need a simple comfort meal.

Where do I get a century egg… lol 😂

Kanji ftw

I'm filipina so I grew up eating Arroz Caldo, it's my top comfort foods ever & holds a permanent place in my heart.. But I highly recommend looking up the Chinese way of my making congee, as it is arguably the best & orginal way of making rice porridge.

In tamilnadu we call it as kannjee 😅

Thank you for your references to the rice-loving Tamizh cuilture!!

Yess afellow survivor fan 🙌🙌🙌

We eat plain rice and water canji in Goa with pickle on the side

There's a difference between the two. The one shown here is congee, a Southern delicacy which contains a dozen ingredients eg. fish peanuts vegetables. Porridge is a starch source in the North and is mostly white rice or millet, sometimes with beans.

Rice Rice baby!! Love Congee but hard to find!!

About the century eggs part, if you don't have one you can always use a tiny amount of baking soda / dietary alkali instead.

Chef Sin : "THIS is rice''
Me, unironically: 🤯

More Lucas! 💖

I have eaten congee without knowing it. My Mom used to make this when I was little. Didn't have century eggs but Mom used vinegar! She'd soak the rice overnight, and add vinegar to the rice - about a tsp for a pot! Dried fish. I believe she used salted Cod. The chicken was cooked off for the broth and then chicken was shredded up in the soup. Green onion and sometimes dill weed because it would grow wild. We ate this for breakfast or when I was sick. I love it. It's comfort food. She called it Chicken 'N Rice. LOL
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! Your details & explanation are easy to digest😂😂😂/to understand, and not hard to make. Once again Thank you! 🙏 🙏🙏

Why 10 minutes long ? Just add rice , water , soy sauce , sliced ginger and diced green onion.. basic porridge . If you want add more topping find some leftover and all done .

FYI, I tried a short-grain brown rice version for the added fiber and nuttiness and it is totally worth a shot

The Sin brothers are good at what they do. Lucas, Johnny... ...

Love congee

I used to have congee after clubbing to get sober and settle my stomache from the alcohol lol.

Grew up eating “Kanji” which is a staple in Kerala, India or in “Mallu” houses all around the world. Probably many South Indian cultures have something similar. The “Kanji” version, at least the one in Kerala, is just rice and you eat it with cooked vegetables, beans or fish on the side. Years later I was on a Japan airline flight from New York to Tokyo and they served “Shrimp Congee”. It’s probably the best thing I have ever eaten on a flight. Got hooked and now I often cooks the East Asian version with chicken or shrimp especially if my toddler gets sick. He loves it. It’s amazing how food travels around the world and every version is amazing. Great video!

i LOVE the food stories by Lucas Sin

very nice

Yum…
I love congee

My absolute favorite. Best on cold rainy mornings!

lugaw

We call it the same in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. It's just spelled Kanji.

Lucas is so awesome! VICE push more videos of him!

Did he said rice is easy to grow?