Beef Congee (Or a Thick Gloppy Rice Dish)

Title:
Beef Congee (Or a Thick Gloppy Rice Dish)

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Meats,
Grains




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






 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.


 


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