My mom has been in town visiting with me this weekend, and has recently discovered a new "stoup" as other siblings called "
congee" (prounced con - gee). Legend has it that this is a magical formula that brings energy to those who consumes it. My mom wanted me to experience this, and so showed me how to make it during the afternoon.
So here I am excited, and prepared to embark on this incredible "congee" experience.
The key ingredient in this is "lamb." I can't say I have eaten much lamb. I am generally a chicken and fish kinda girl. But as we all know, it's important to follow a recipe when cooking... especially when a recipe doesn't exist.
So my congee consisted of in addition to the lamb... spelt flour (because I shouldn't really eat barley, or rice, or anything else good), white navy beans (we decided to do a spicy theme), mushrooms, celery, carrots, onion, garlic (there it is again... it's everywhere), vegetable broth, a can of diced tomatoes, than curry, cayenne, red pepper flakes, hot sauce, a can of hot green salsa picante and cumin. Above is a picture of it before we turned on the crock pot. I think we overfilled it a bit.
Here is a picture confirming that we overfilled it too much. Supposedly you are supposed to cook it for 8 hours. But my mom and I decided to be rebellious and cook it ALL NIGHT!
Here is a picture of it in the morning. It pretty much sucked up all the juices by then. When I looked at it and tasted it though, I felt like something was missing. I finally realized what it was..... cinnamon.
Here I am ready to try this new food, for my breakfast, looking real great, being sweaty after returning from the gym. Excited that this will give me the additional energy I need. It did taste good. I especially liked the slight kick it had.
So here I am excited, and prepared to embark on this incredible "congee" experience.
The key ingredient in this is "lamb." I can't say I have eaten much lamb. I am generally a chicken and fish kinda girl. But as we all know, it's important to follow a recipe when cooking... especially when a recipe doesn't exist.
So my congee consisted of in addition to the lamb... spelt flour (because I shouldn't really eat barley, or rice, or anything else good), white navy beans (we decided to do a spicy theme), mushrooms, celery, carrots, onion, garlic (there it is again... it's everywhere), vegetable broth, a can of diced tomatoes, than curry, cayenne, red pepper flakes, hot sauce, a can of hot green salsa picante and cumin. Above is a picture of it before we turned on the crock pot. I think we overfilled it a bit.
Here is a picture confirming that we overfilled it too much. Supposedly you are supposed to cook it for 8 hours. But my mom and I decided to be rebellious and cook it ALL NIGHT!
Here is a picture of it in the morning. It pretty much sucked up all the juices by then. When I looked at it and tasted it though, I felt like something was missing. I finally realized what it was..... cinnamon.
Here I am ready to try this new food, for my breakfast, looking real great, being sweaty after returning from the gym. Excited that this will give me the additional energy I need. It did taste good. I especially liked the slight kick it had.
