Longan and Red Date Congee
Longan and Red Date Congee is a home-style breakfast recipe at difficulty 2/5 (Easy), about 617 kcal. A sweet, soft, and fragrant traditional Chinese congee. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.
2 / 5
★★☆☆☆
617 kcal
Ingredients
- Sticky rice (or white rice)
- Red dates
- Longan
Steps
- Pit and remove the flesh from the longan, wash twice with water, soak in a bowl for 10 minutes
- Wash the red dates twice with water, soak in a bowl for 10 minutes
- Add sticky rice to the rice cooker, rinse twice with water, then add 2000ml of water
- Add the longan and red dates to the rice cooker
- Turn on the rice cooker to the 'Cook' mode, the congee will be ready in 1 hour
Notes
A sweet, soft, and fragrant traditional Chinese congee. Simmered with sticky rice, red dates, and longan, it comes natural sweetness that warms the body and stomach. It has the dietary benefits of nourishing blood, calming the nerves, improving brain function, and strengthening the heart and spleen. The method is very beginner-friendly. From preparation to a house full of aroma takes about 70 minutes.
Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★★
Estimated Calories: 617 kcal
Calculations:
Per serving:
- Sticky rice 100g
- Red dates 15 pieces
- Longan 15 pieces
Friends with different preferences for the thickness of the congee can appropriately increase or decrease the amount of water used. The congee is sweet, and you can control the sweetness by adjusting the amount of longan added.
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