Recipes · Singaporean · Porridge

Teochew Porridge

One serving has 342 kcal and 13 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of cobalamin (127%), selenium (58%), folate (44%), vitamin K (41%), choline (36%) and thiamin (35%). Ready in 50 minutes.

Teochew Porridge
Photo: Walter Lim from Singapore, Singapore, CC BY 2.0 · source
  • Preparation: 10 min
  • Cooking: 40 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (545 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Pescatarian, Gluten-free, Dairy-free
  • Contains: egg, fish, mustard

Ingredients

  • 50 g Rice, white, long-grain
  • 400 g Water
  • 0.5 g Salt
  • 55 g Duck eggs, raw
  • 20 g Mustard greens, pickled
  • 3 g Scallions, raw
  • 12 g Anchovies, fresh
  • 4 g Vegetable oil

Method

  1. Simmer the rice in the water with a pinch of the salt for 35-40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until it breaks down into a thin, soupy porridge, much wetter than ordinary congee.
  2. Steam the salted duck egg for about 12 minutes until set, then halve.
  3. Fry the anchovies in the oil until crisp, then warm the pickled mustard greens through in the same pan for a couple of minutes.
  4. Ladle the porridge into a bowl and serve with the salted egg, fried anchovies and pickled greens alongside, scattered with the scallion.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy342 kcal16%
Carbohydrates42.1 g
Water474 mL
Fiber1.4 g5%
Protein13.3 g28%
Tryptophan0.21 g
Threonine0.64 g
Isoleucine0.6 g
Leucine1.1 g
Lysine0.88 g
Methionine0.47 g
Cystine0.26 g
Phenylalanine0.75 g
Tyrosine0.54 g
Valine0.83 g
Histidine0.33 g
Fat12.5 g
Monounsaturated4.7 g
Polyunsaturated3.3 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.11 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0.06 g
Omega-62.4 g
Saturated2.9 g
Trans-Fats0.03 g
Cholesterol493 mg
Calcium94.5 mg9%
Copper0.22 mg24%
Iron4.8 mg27%
Magnesium34.4 mg11%
Manganese0.62 mg34%
Phosphorus206 mg29%
Potassium283 mg6%
Selenium32.1 µg58%
Sodium449 mg
Zinc1.6 mg21%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.39 mg35%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.3 mg27%
Niacin (vitamin B3)4 mg29%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.6 mg33%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.3 mg23%
Folate (vitamin B9)177 µg44%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)3 µg127%
Choline152 mg36%
Vitamin A120 µg17%
Vitamin C0.56 mg1%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)38 IU6%
Vitamin E1.2 mg8%
Vitamin K37 µg41%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.3 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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