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The average person comes home from a holiday with a fridge magnet.

I came home with 73 photos of curry puffs and a new weekend project.

Findings: the flaky spiral pastry was worth the effort.

Recipe is linked in bio.

Chicken and ginger congee 🥢🍚🇲🇾

One of my favourite comfort foods. Tender shredded chicken, fragrant ginger and jasmine rice simmered low and slow until silky and creamy.

Ingredients

* 850g bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
* 250g jasmine rice, rinsed
* 500ml chicken stock
* 1.5L water
* 1 tbsp Vegeta Chicken Stock & Seasoning
* 8cm piece ginger, sliced and lightly crushed
* ½ tsp ground white pepper
* ½ tsp sea salt

To serve

* Spring onions
* Coriander
* Light soy sauce
* Sesame oil
* White pepper
* Crispy fried shallots (optional)
* Chinese doughnuts (youtiao)

The full recipe is now on Substack. Link in bio.

Serve it with Chinese doughnuts for dipping and you’ve got one of life’s great comfort meals.