Congee with chicken

Try Good Food reader Nancy Charoen Ledlie's fabulous version of congee, a savoury rice porridge to which she adds shredded soy sauce chicken legs

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped or sliced
• 4 spring onions, finely sliced, white and green parts separated
• 360 g cooked jasmine rice (100g uncooked rice should make this amount)
• 1 litre chicken stock
• 2 cooked chicken legs, shredded
• 1 -2 tsp fish or light soy sauce
• 1 -2 tsp toasted sesame oil (optional)
• small handful of coriander, roughly chopped
• 4 tsp chiu chow chilli oil
• pinch of ground white pepper

Steps

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan over a medium heat and cook the garlic, ginger and spring onion whites for 2 mins until fragrant and soft.
2. Add the cooked rice and stock, and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 15 mins – it should become thick, like porridge. You can add more liquid (up to 500ml) while cooking if you prefer a looser consistency.
3. Stir in the cooked chicken and cook until the chicken is fully heated through. Add the fish or soy sauce, adding more to taste if needed, and the sesame oil, if using. Stir.
4. When you’re ready to serve, ladle into bowls and top with the spring onion greens, the coriander, chilli oil and a pinch of white pepper.