Cháo Gà (Vietnamese Chicken Rice Porridge / Congee)
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Cháo Gà (Vietnamese Chicken Rice Porridge / Congee)
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A simple, and nourishing Vietnamese rice porridge called cháo gà. Perfect for when you're under the weather, or when you simply want a delicious rice porridge that can easily feed a large group.
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Ingredients
- 3 lb chicken bone in, cooked or raw, or turkey
- 28 c water filtered
- 87 g ginger root peeled, sliced into 1/4" pieces, fresh
- 1 yellow onion halved, large
- 2 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 334 g long grain white rice
- 334 g short grain white rice
Garnish
- 2-3 tbsp ginger peeled, finely julienned
- 3 talks green onions thinly sliced
- 1 bunch cilantro chopped into 1/3" pieces
- sambal chile paste
- youtiao aka dau chao quay, Chinese donut
Instructions
- If you're using leftover or roasted chicken or turkey, remove about 75% of the meat and reserve this to add to your soup / cháo when serving.
- In a large stock pot, add the chicken or turkey, 85% of the filtered water, ginger, onion, salt and fish sauce over high heat. Once it hits a boil, reduce the heat so its at a low to medium simmer. The water should just about cover all the meat and bones. If your pot is very wide, keep in mind you may be using more water than listed, and you may need to add less in the final steps later when adjusting for consistency. Skim off any scum if necessary during the boil. Keep adding water to the pot as it evaporates so the bones remain covered.
- After about 90-120 minutes or when the meat has softened enough to easily be pulled off the bone, remove the poultry and let cool for about 10 minutes. Using your hands or a fork, remove the rest of the meat from the bones. Add the meat back into the pot. Discard the bones, onion, and ginger, since they've given their all to the broth at this point.
- Rice method A (saves time): While your broth is going, cook your rice in a rice cooker. Use equal scoops rice to water, it should finish cooking before your broth above is ready. Add the cooked rice to the pot and simmer on medium to soften the rice. About 10-20 min.
- Rice method B (less things to wash): Add all the raw rice to the pot and return to the heat on high until it hits a boil. Then lower the heat to a low-medium simmer until the rice is cooked and hits a soft consistency you like. It will take about 45-60 minutes depending on your stove. Here's the consistency after boiling, but before adjusting with more water.
- Once the rice is cooked to the doneness you like, which should be very soft way beyond al dente and beyond how you'd eat it outside of soup, adjust the water level. Fun fact, for my family soup thickness is a huge point of contention. Do what you want. Personally, I don't want the soup like a thick paste, but also don't want it so thin that you only see water when looking down at the pot. I want the soup to have a little substance and feel filling.
- Reseason the soup. Reseason with just salt, just fish sauce or equal parts of both to taste. The seasoning measured above is intentially less salt than we need so we can reseason here based on how thick you decided to make the soup.
- Remove from the heat, serve with garnish and accoutrement, and enjoy!
Notes
- *For the rice scoop, I used the scooper included with my rice cooker. For the most accurate way to follow this recipe, please weigh your rice in grams.
- 3/2022: Added a rice cooker step to speed up the recipe. Clarified some recipe steps, added garnish ingredients.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
690.14kcal
(35%)
Carbohydrates
70.23g
(23%)
Protein
33.89g
(68%)
Fat
28.84g
(44%)
Saturated Fat
7.78g
(39%)
Cholesterol
166.69mg
(56%)
Sodium
2274.25mg
(95%)
Potassium
506.61mg
(11%)
Fiber
2.16g
(9%)
Sugar
0.98g
(2%)
Vitamin A
132.68IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
1.56mg
(2%)
Calcium
56.98mg
(6%)
Iron
3.37mg
(19%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12bowls
Amount Per Serving
Calories 69014 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 690.14kcal | 35% |
| Carbohydrates | 70.23g | 23% |
| Protein | 33.89g | 68% |
| Fat | 28.84g | 44% |
| Saturated Fat | 7.78g | 39% |
| Cholesterol | 166.69mg | 56% |
| Sodium | 2274.25mg | 95% |
| Potassium | 506.61mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 2.16g | 9% |
| Sugar | 0.98g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 132.68IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 1.56mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 56.98mg | 6% |
| Iron | 3.37mg | 19% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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