Pork and century egg congee

Name: Pork and century egg congee
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1000 ml Porridge water; 2 pcs Century eggs; 100 g Lean pork; 150 ml Uncooked rice, measured by volume; 1 stalk Scallion; 1 sprig Coriander; 4 leaves Lettuce; 1 thumb-sized piece Ginger; 5 ml Soy sauce; 5 ml Oyster sauce; 2 g Salt; 1 g Ground pepper; 10 ml Cooking oil; Enough to cover Water for blanching lettuce

Cook rice, century eggs and lean pork in an appropriate porridge program, then finish with clean prepared greens.

~1 hr 30 minestimated time2servings5clear steps

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01
Prepare the main ingredients
Measure rice by volume, rinse and place in the cooker with porridge water. Cut pork into small pieces on a separate board without rinsing raw meat, coat with oil and add. Peel and chop century eggs, shred ginger and add; wash after raw pork.
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Main ingredients are prepared below the cooker safe porridge fill line.
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02
Use the porridge program
Confirm ingredients stay below the porridge fill line and use a manufacturer-supported porridge program suitable for raw meat additions. Never leave raw pork overnight on a delayed start or treat keep-warm as cooking.
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A suitable porridge program runs with the steam vent clear.
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03
Prepare greens and seasoning
Wash and chop scallion, coriander and lettuce. Blanch lettuce in a separate pot of boiling water until softened, then drain. Mix soy, oyster sauce, salt and pepper in a clean bowl.
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Lettuce is softened and drained; seasoning is mixed.
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04
Check rice and pork
When the program finishes and opening is safe, check rice has no hard center. Use a suitable thermometer for at least 63°C in the thickest pork center; continue an appropriate cooking program if needed.
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Rice is soft and pork center reaches at least 63°C.
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05
Finish and rest off the heat
Mix in blanched lettuce, herbs and seasoning and heat through, then stop heating or switch off as the cooker instructions direct; do not lift a hot inner pot. Start a 3 min rest timer and serve after it finishes.
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Soft congee holds cooked pork, century-egg pieces and wilted lettuce with herbs mixed through.
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Recipe sources & image information

Adapted from HowToCook / 皮蛋瘦肉粥 · HowToCook contributors / Anduin2017/HowToCook · Unlicense

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