Jok (Thai Rice Porridge)
Long-simmered jasmine rice, ginger, scallion and soft egg.
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Jok is one of those breakfasts that looks like nothing - until you taste it. The whole dish lives or dies on the toppings, so don't skip the fried garlic or the runny yolk; that's where all the flavor is.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 2 servings.
- ½ cupjasmine ricerinsed until water runs clear
- 6 cupsvegetable broth (or chicken broth)
- 1 inchfresh gingerthinly sliced into matchsticks
- 2large eggs
- 2scallionsthinly sliced (greens only for topping)
- 2 tbspfresh cilantrochopped
- 3garlic clovesthinly sliced (for fried garlic topping)
- 1 tbspsoy sauce
- ¼ tspwhite pepper
- 1 tsptoasted sesame oil
- 2 tbspneutral oil
- ½ tspkosher salt
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 320calories
- 12gprotein
- 56gcarbs
- 6gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Rinse rice 3 times until water runs clear - this is what makes jok creamy instead of starchy-gloppy.
- Matchstick the ginger. Slice scallions; chop cilantro. Thin-slice garlic for the topping.
Long simmer
Combine rinsed rice, broth, ginger, and salt in the saucepan. Bring to a boil, then drop to lowest simmer. Cook uncovered 40-45 min, stirring every 10 min, until rice has broken down completely and the porridge is silky - texture should be loose oatmeal, not clumpy.
45 min · hands offFried garlic
Heat neutral oil in the small skillet over medium. Add sliced garlic; fry 90 sec to 2 min, watching closely, until pale gold - it goes from gold to burnt in 10 seconds. Drain on paper towel. Reserve the garlic oil.
2 min · hands onSoft-boil eggs
Bring a small pot of water to a simmer. Lower eggs in with a slotted spoon; simmer 6.5 min for a runny yolk and just-set white. Drain; rinse cold; peel.
6 min · hands offSeason and serve
Stir soy sauce and white pepper and sesame oil into the porridge. Ladle into bowls. Halve the soft-boiled eggs and place on top. Shower with scallion, cilantro, and fried garlic. Drizzle some of the reserved garlic oil over.
2 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Mix 1/2 lb ground chicken with white pepper and soy and cornstarch; form small balls; drop into porridge in the last 10 min. Adds about 5 minutes.
Add peeled shrimp in the last 3 min until pink. Adds about 3 minutes.
Spoon scoops of silken tofu on top instead of egg.
What keeps
Jok thickens overnight - thin with water or stock when reheating. Holds 4 days; freezes 2 months.
Soft-boil eggs and add toppings per serving.
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