Basic Rice Porridge (Congee)
The most basic way to make rice porridge using an Instant Pot.
Equipment
- 1 Instant Pot or rice cooker or large pot for stove
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice see notes
- 5 cups water see notes
Instructions
- Wash rice per your own preference. This step highly depends on what style of rice you got, what brand, and what region you live in. Ideally you want to make sure that when you add water to the rice, it is clear. If the water is milky or cloudy, you probably need to wash it. Drain the rice once you are finished washing.1 cup rice
- Add your water.5 cups water
- Cook rice in instant pot on rice porridge (or congee) setting for 20-30 min.
- Once finished, let rice cooker return to pressure naturally for 10-15 minutes, then release vent to allow the remaining pressure to release. Do this last step CAREFULLY. Congee creates a gooey liquid that will quickly gum up your pressure cooker's vents if not vented properly. If you want to be extra cautious, just let the Instant Pot come to pressure naturally until it's openable (tip: turn off the Instant Pot instead of letting it continue to stay heated at low temp to allow it to release pressure naturally faster.
- Stir and serve immediately.
Notes
This is for the most basic rice porridge recipe. Flavorings should come from any foods you serve with this porridge.
You can add additional water or remove depending on how thick you want it.
You can also increase or decrease the time depending how broken down you want the rice to be. This is also dependent on what type of rice you're using. This base recipe here works best for short or medium grain rice. For long grain rice, first break down the dry rice grains by grinding them, then cook into a rice porridge. Otherwise, you can keep long grain kernels intact and cook them that way, but the cook time will be considerably longer.