Arroz Caldo Recipe
Arroz Caldo is a creamy rice porridge Filipino style. It's spiced up with lot of ginger and garlic. Also known as a catharsis for flu or to warm for the rainy season.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb chicken thigh chopped
- 2 tablespoon cooking oil
- 2 inches ginger slice into strips
- 2 tablespoons garlic minced
- 1/2 cup red onion chopped
- 1 cup glutinous rice
- 4 or more cups water
- salt
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce - you must add it it heightens the tastes of the soup
- 1 chicken bouillon
Instructions
- In medium heat, saute' cooking oil in a large pan and add in garlic, onion and ginger.
- Cook spices until they are wilted.
- Add in chicken thigh and cover until moisture comes out.
- Add in glutinous rice and mix with the ingredients and let cook for two minutes.
- Add in the water. Cover and let the glutinous rice soften.
- Make sure you stir the rice once in while to prevent it from sticking in the bottom. Continue cooking in medium heat.
- Add in chicken bouillon and salt and fish sauce ( a must). Spice according to your preference. Add more water if needed. In this Arroz Caldo recipe, I added a total of 6 cups of water.
- Simmer for another 3 minutes and serve hot.
- https://youtu.be/zNNL6kQmxJ0
Notes
You can use chicken broth instead of water.
You can use any type of rice- Jasmine, Calrose or Masbate rice. You can even use brown rice, but I highly recommend glutinous rice / sweet rice. It add depth in the flavor.