Brown Rice Congee with Shiitake Mushrooms and Bok Choy
If you can’t find shiitake or don’t want to spring for these fany mushrooms, you can use button or baby bella mushrooms instead. I do think that shiitakes add a special dimension to this dish, but you’ll still end up with a bowl of comfort food if you sub them out.
Servings 4
Author Becky Striepe
Ingredients
½cupbrown rice
4cupsmushroom broth
2cupsbok choychopped (green and white parts)
2cupsshiitake mushroomssliced in half lengthwise
2tablespoonsminced fresh ginger
2clovesgarlicminced or pressed
1cupwarm waterif needed (not needed for the pressure cooker method)
diced green onion
1blockcooked tofuoptional
shoyu or soy sauceto taste
Instructions
Stove top directions: Combine the rice, broth, bok choy, mushrooms, garlic, and ginger in a soup pot or dutch oven and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for two hours, stirring every 15-20 minutes. If things start to look dry, dump in that extra water! Spoon into bowls and stir in cooked tofu and scallions. Add shoyu to taste.
Pressure cooker directions: Combine the rice, broth, bok choy, mushrooms, garlic, and ginger in your pressure cooker and seal the lid. Press the manual button, and set it to cook for 40 minutes. Let the pressure come down naturally. Spoon into bowls and stir in cooked tofu and scallions. Add shoyu to taste.
Notes
Cook time is for the Instant Pot, so if you choose the stovetop version, add an hour and 10 minutes to your cooking time.