How to make Congee.

Congee is a type of rice porridge or creamy rice soup. It is one of the traditional foods of China with thousands of years of history. 

Congee is so popular because it is nourishing and easily digested. The long cooking times release pectin in the rice - a pre-biotic and excellent for colon health. Grains are generally a good Qi tonic, however if they are not properly prepared they can easily overwhelm the digestive system which has to work very hard to extract the available nutrition. In a slow-cooked soup like congee the grains are said to be pre-digested, therefore easing the burden on the digestive system and freeing up energy for other bio-mechanics, while also tonifying Qi.