For my vegan congee i use a 2 inch piece of ginger 4 cloves of garlic 1 cup of white rice you could use brown rice if you prefer and 14 dried shiitake mushrooms. This is a vegan and gluten free version of the asian comfort food. If your regular grocery store doesn t carry dried shiitake mushrooms mine does you can find them at any asian grocery store on online here. I really can t even describe how delicious and flavor packed it is. It s a perfect way to try out your instant pot slow cooker setting.
Congee is rice porridge that is made by simmering a small amount of rice in a large amount of water until the rice breaks down and turns silky and smooth. Put the lid on top set to seal and cook at high pressure for 30 minutes. Short grain rice and fresh corn is cooked in vegetable broth in the instant pot to cut down on time without compromising flavor. You don t need to do much except give the rice sufficient time to plump up and break down. Naturally release for 20 minute then if there s any pressure remaining you can finish releasing the steam manually.
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It can be used as a base to serve additional ingredients on the side like cooked chicken or turkey. Once finished cooking let the congee fully naturally release. This congee recipe was created for the revised edition of the vegan slow cooker so it was created to cook slowly all day long. Give the pot a stir every once in a while though so the rice does not stick to the bottom of the pot. For making congee in the instant pot the ratio should be 1 8 rice to water.
For making congee in the instant pot the ratio should be 1 8 rice to water. It can be used as a base to serve additional ingredients on the side like cooked chicken or turkey. Or if your instant pot has the porridge setting simply press the porridge setting and allow the pot to reduce pressure naturally. Congee is rice porridge that is made by simmering a small amount of rice in a large amount of water until the rice breaks down and turns silky and smooth. Do i have to slow cook congee.
Give the pot a stir every once in a while though so the rice does not stick to the bottom of the pot. For my vegan congee i use a 2 inch piece of ginger 4 cloves of garlic 1 cup of white rice you could use brown rice if you prefer and 14 dried shiitake mushrooms.
