Chao Ga, Vietnamese Rice Porriage

INGREDIENTS

* 3 cups water

* 3 cups chicken stock

* 1/2 cup glutinous rice

* 1 cups long grain rice

* 1 cup chicken meat, shredded

* 2 tablespoons fish sauce

* ½ teaspoon sugar

* ½ tablespoon poultry seasoning


GARNISHES

* ½ teaspoon white pepper (black works also)

* 2 spring onions or scallions or green onions, sliced thin


DIRECTIONS

1. Place rice and glutinous rice in a large pot with water and stock.

2. Bring to boil then lower heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally.

3. Cook until rice is very soft and mixture is thick. Roughly 45-60 minutes.

4. Add fish sauce, sugar, shredded chicken, mushrooms, and poultry seasoning.

5. Stir Gently.

6. Spoon porridge into individual serving bowls.

7. Garnish with spring onion.

8. Sprinkle with pepper.

Poll Results on Eating Choices

I just wanted to quickly share the results of my recent poll on people's eating/cooking choices. The question was simply, "Which is most important to you when making food decisions for dishes you will cook yourself?"

Choices along with their results:

30% Healthiness
22% Expense
33% Ease of Preparation
15% How Quickly it is Ready
0% Earth Friendiness (Sustainable, Organic, et cetera)

Hopefully, no matter which if these is most important, "I Like My Recipes Healthy, Cheap and Easy" is delivering on all fronts!

No recipes, today, I'm afraid, but we've got several things "on the burner" so to speak including another lentil and another potato soup, homemade salsa, more salad dressings, a healthy version of aloo tikki, and much much more, all coming up!

Also, you may have noticed there are now several advertisements appearing on the blog. I've tried (when possible) to identify partners like Coupons.Com, CoffeeForLess, and MotherNature.Com that are aligned to the "mission" of this blog--to eat great tasting food that is healthy and doesn't break the budget. Some of the ads are generated based on the blog's keywords, as well, so perhaps there will be something there that you are interested in checking out.

Until next time--good cooking and good eating to you!