Mei from Turning Red Makes Congee | Cooking with Pixar | Pixar


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Bring Mei’s dad Jin’s famous cooking to your kitchen with this recipe from #TurningRed, streaming now only on #DisneyPlus.

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  1. andy luo
    andy luo says:

    Sauté those mushrooms first as you want cooked mushrooms here. Also add dry scallop to the rice porridge before boiling as that handles the entire salt thing without adding real salt. Now only a few will do as dry scallops are pretty salty as it is. Soak those scallops in water for about an hour before you make this as they just need a little hydration. And they are pretty much going to break up during the cooking so it’s not too bad. Do not overcook the eggs as you want a runny yolk but cooked white. You want to mix it all together when you break into the egg. You can add soy if you like but it’s more garish here as it can overwhelm this dish if you’re not careful. This dish is primarily a breakfast or if you’re sick type thing never more than that. It’s really designed for getting calories in you so you can move on with the day. You can replace the chicken with pork, minced beef, and fish depending on your preference. Never a vegetable in here unless it’s pickled in the traditional way. A little green onion on top or cilantro and you’re done. The key here is get most of the rice nice and soft but leaving chewy bits as texture also never already cooked rice and more liquid than you think as rice is a thirsty plant to make soup you need to flood the rice over the normal two cups per cup of rice. You want it soupy yet somewhat firm. As a Chinese person that does this exact soup a lot you just know if it’s a bit off or something.

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  2. Xulin Wang
    Xulin Wang says:

    I’ve always wanted to learn how to make this! But doesn’t Mei’s family speak Cantonese in the film? The Chinese phrases in this video are all in Mandarin – these are two very different dialects and are spoken by different cultures (although there are many people who speak both, that’s not shown in the film so it would be strange to assume). China is vast and not a monolith. This is sort of like someone making a video about American apple pie, but with British phrases thrown in.

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  3. AngelMeiChan
    AngelMeiChan says:

    Minor nitpick with the recipe- depending on how much you're cooking, congee should take an hour or more for the rice grains to break apart and become silky smooth. I can clearly see the grains are still intact, making it more of a broken rice texture. So either reduce your amount of rice or cook your congee longer.

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