Jok Moo

Name: Jok Moo
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 cup broken jasmine rice; 2 litres water or stock; 250g minced pork; 4 eggs or century eggs; 1 thumb ginger, cut into fine strips; Spring onions and coriander; Patongo (fried dough sticks), sliced; Soy sauce and white pepper

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Also known as: Jok, Joke, Thai Congee, Thai Rice Porridge

About this dish

Smooth, thick rice porridge with pork meatballs, topped with ginger, spring onion, a soft egg and crispy dough sticks.

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Ingredients

🍚1 cup broken jasmine rice

💧2 litres water or stock

🐖250g minced pork

🥚4 eggs or century eggs

🫚1 thumb ginger, cut into fine strips

🌿Spring onions and coriander

🥖Patongo (fried dough sticks), sliced

🫙Soy sauce and white pepper

Method

Serves 2

Simmer the rice in the water, stirring often, for about 1 hour until broken down and silky.

Season the pork with soy sauce and pepper and shape into small balls.

Drop the pork balls into the porridge and cook for 5 minutes.

Ladle into bowls and crack a raw egg into each, stirring so it cooks in the heat.

Top with ginger, spring onion, coriander, pepper and sliced patongo.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Jok is a Thai-Chinese breakfast staple, cooked from broken rice until silky and sold early in the morning with patongo on the side.

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