Fish and Century Egg Congee

4.0 from 1 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: One Dish Meal

Cuisines: Chinese

Ingredients: Egg Rice Seafood

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hour 30 mins

Total Time: 1 hour 45 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 3 rice cooker cup (or 2 1/4 regular cup) rice, washed and drained
• 2 inch ginger, cut into 4-6 pieces, bruised each piece
• 15 cup (3.75 liter) water
• 750 gram tilapia, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 3 century egg, cut into small pieces
• salt, to taste
• Garnish
• thinly sliced scallions
• thinly sliced cilantro

Instructions

1. Place rice, ginger, and water in a soup pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
2. Meanwhile, marinate tilapia with soy sauce, sesame oil, and ground white pepper in a mixing bowl.
3. Once the congee reach your desired consistency, turn the heat to medium, add thinly sliced fish. Mix well. Cook for 3 minutes.
4. Turn off heat, add century egg, stir to mix well. Season with salt according to suit your saltiness preference. I usually under salt since my family like to add soy sauce when eating our congee.
5. Serve the congee hot, garnished with scallions and cilantro.