
Hanoi-Style Beef Congee
A one-pot rice dish where beef perfumes the grains as they cook — weeknight-friendly and endlessly adaptable. 60 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.
Ingredients
- Saltto taste
- Garlic1, finely chopped
- Ginger5 slices
- Rice300 g
- White Pepper1 tsp
- Stock or Broth600 ml
- Beef450 g, sliced
- Chicken Broth1.5 litres
- Neutral Oil2 tbsp
Optional extras
- Mint Leaveshandful, to finish
Instructions
- 1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.
- 2
Heat the Neutral Oil in a wide pot, soften the garlic, and bloom the white pepper for 30 seconds.
- 3
Stir in the beef, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.
- 4
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.
- 5
Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with mint leaves.
Chef's tip
Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.
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