# Rolling Boil Congee

A dish created in ancient China over 2000 years ago, transformed from humble food to something rich and nourishing, serving as a dish of comfort and care.

- Total time: 165 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Breakfast
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.5 cup Japanese rice
- 0.33 cup jasmine rice
- 0.25 cup glutinous rice
- 1 cup water
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tbsp oil
- 3.5 L water
- 1 kg pork bones
- 2 stalks scallions
- 3 slices ginger
- 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
- 10 g dried scallops
- fillet fish
- 1 pinch white pepper
- pork
- egg white
- chopped century egg
- sesame oil

## Instructions

1. Add Japanese rice, jasmine rice, and glutinous rice to a bowl.
2. Add water to the rice and soak for 2-3 hours.
3. Check if the rice is fully soaked by pinching a grain to see if it breaks easily.
4. Rinse the soaked rice until the water turns clear, then drain it.
5. Add salt and oil to the rinsed rice and mix well.
6. Add water to the rice and mix.
7. Put the rice into a ziplock bag and freeze overnight.
8. Add water, pork bones, scallions, ginger, and shaoxing wine to a pot.
9. Bring to a boil for 5 minutes until scum rises.
10. Remove the bones from the pot, remove the excess water and scum from them.
11. Wash off the scum from the bones under running water.
12. Heat oil in a pot and add pork and chicken bones, stir-fry until slightly charred.
13. Add piping hot water to create a creamy white broth, then cover.
14. Add dried scallops to the pot.
15. Lower the fire and simmer for 1.5 to 2 hours.
16. Remove the pork bones from the broth.
17. Transfer the bone broth into a pot.
18. Add the frozen rice to the broth.
19. Stir constantly on medium-high heat for 10 minutes.
20. Stir every 5-10 minutes on medium heat for 25 minutes.
21. Stir every 15 minutes in low simmer for 25-45 minutes.
22. Chop fillet fish into thin slices.
23. Season the sliced fish with salt, white pepper, and oil, then mix.
24. Slice pork into strips.
25. Season the sliced pork with white pepper, salt, and egg white, then drizzle with oil and mix.
26. Scoop some congee into a smaller pot.
27. Add salt to the congee.
28. Add chopped century egg and cook for 3 minutes, then stir.
29. Add the pork strips and cook for 2-3 minutes.
30. Pour the century egg and pork congee into a serving bowl.
31. Scoop some congee into a smaller pot.
32. Add salt and white pepper to the congee, then stir.
33. Add the sliced fish and cook for 1-2 minutes, then let the residual heat finish the cooking.
34. Pour the fish congee into a serving bowl.
35. Drizzle sesame oil on top of both congee bowls.
36. Sprinkle white pepper and chopped scallions on both congee bowls.

## Equipment

- bowl
- ziplock bag
- freezer
- pot
- chopping board
- knife
- glass containers
- ladle
- colander

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRM0bQ4Eu_W/?igsh=ODVxczZzc3c5MnVo
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f49c695f-0339-4243-ba37-c3a621b5c81f
- Extracted: 2025-11-19

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