Description
A famous southern soup-rice where raw rice (or cooked rice) is boiled lightly to leave grains intact within an intense broth extracted from seafood like shrimp, squid, and clams.
Restaurants serving Taiwanese Seafood Porridge
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Raw rice(or White rice)
- Shrimp
- Squid
- Clams
- Celery
- Fried shallots
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Broth] Boil pork bone broth (or water) with shredded ginger in a pot. Add fresh shrimp (shell-on), squid rings, clams, and oysters, boiling briefly until seafood umami dissolves into the broth (do not overcook).
- Following the southern Taiwanese 'Xian Zhou' style, toss raw rice (or cooked white rice) into the soup.
- Do not dissolve it into mush like Cantonese porridge; maintain a 'Zosui' state where rice grains retain their shape and lightly soak in the soup.
- Season with salt and plenty of 'white pepper' (the decisive flavor).
- Finally, scatter chopped celery and You Cong Su (fried shallots). The seafood aroma and celery freshness create a perfect balance.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
White pepper and Celery freshness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Frozen seafood mix, Leftover cold Japanese rice
Pairing
Taiwanese Fried Dough(Youtiao)
Trivia
[For Everyone] More like 'seafood soup rice' than porridge. Southern Taiwan's abundant seafood means luxurious ingredients are heaped cheaply. Zero greasiness, a supreme stomach-friendly breakfast (or late-night snack).
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Scoop the seafood-extract-infused broth and rice together with a spoon, occasionally peeling shrimp shells by hand while eating it piping hot!
Allergen
Shrimp, Oysters, Squid, Soy