Beef Congee (Or A Thick Gloppy Rice Dish) Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
8 oz Rump steak coarsely chopped
8 oz Long grain rice
Stock or water
Piece of star anise
2 Cloves garlic, mashed
1 Inch piece of ginger sliced
-into 5-6 pieces
6 Spring onions
8 oz Mangetout
Salt, pepper
Sesame oil
Recipe Preparation
Put the rice and four times it's volume of stock/water into a thick
bottomed pan. Add the star anise, garlic, ginger, salt, pepper and
half the spring onions. Bring to the boil then simmer, stirring
occaisionally, until the rice turns into a thick glop - about 40
minutes. Add more water if needed.
Remove and discard the spring onion and add the beef. Cook for two
minutes. Add the beans and cook for a further two minutes.
Chop the remaing spring onions and add, along with a dash of the
sesame oil. Goes very well with chinese chilli sauce and/or soy sauce.
Servings: 1
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