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Arroz Caldo

Arroz Caldo is a chicken and rice porridge-like meal. It is flavored with fresh ginger and chicken broth and condiments can be added to enhance the taste.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Filipino
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 5
Author Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook

Ingredients

  • Cooking oil
  • 6 cloves garlic chopped
  • ¼ cup grated ginger
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 500 g chicken cut into pieces
  • ½ cup (100 g) rice, washed (I used Jasmine rice)
  • 1 chicken cube
  • 1 L + 250ml water
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • Sliced spring onions (for garnish)
  • Toasted garlic (for garnish)
  • Boiled eggs
  • Calamansi juice or lemon juice
  • Abodo flakes (for garnish, optional)

Instructions

  1. In a pot over medium-high heat, add cooking oil.
  2. When the cooking oil is hot enough, add garlic; cook until fragrant. Add grated ginger; cook for about 2 minutes. Next, add onion; cook until translucent.
  3. Add chicken pieces; cook until no longer pink.
  4. Add (washed) rice, water, and chicken cube (you can add more chicken cube if you like).

  5. Cover the pot and simmer over low heat for 30-45 minutes or until the rice and chicken are cooked. (I like to cook this over low heat so the chicken doesn’t get too ugly (if you know what I mean) when the water is boiling too much.)

  6. Remove the lid and check if the chicken and rice are cooked. (Check if the consistency of the “soup” if fine with you – you can add more water if you like, but check how does it taste, too. The consistency will thicken once the Arroz Caldo cools down. )

  7. Season the Arroz Caldo with salt and pepper. At this time, you can add spring onions and toasted garlic. If you have picky eaters and don’t like them in their Arroz Caldo, then you can leave the Arroz Caldo in its boring look (without the garnish/toppings).

  8. To serve: In a bowl, put Arroz Caldo. Next, add toppings of your choice (spring onions, toasted garlic, boiled egg, adobo flakes) + condiments of your choice (fish sauce, soy sauce) + drizzle with calamansi juice or lemon juice.

  9. If you’d like to add something more, I would love to know so I can try it, too. ;)