Arroz Caldo
Jan 05, 2025 04:39 AM
Arroz Caldo is a savory, flavorful Filipino rice porridge with chicken and a crispy garlic topping. Try this perfect comfort food tonight!
This flavorful Filipino soul food Soup Recipe is similar to American Chicken and Rice Soup, but with a much thicker consistency and richer depth of flavor. The warm, savory rice porridge, filled with tender chunks of chicken and topped with crispy garlic chips, is ready in only an hour too!
A comforting bowl of Arroz Caldo is a staple food in the Philippines. It’s a chicken rice congee. Congee is like a rice porridge, common in Asian cooking. But, unlike Rice Pudding, which you might be used to, this is a main dish and not a dessert. Basically this classic comfort food dish is like a Filipino Chicken and Rice Soup, but with a consistency similar to rice porridge.
The rice and chicken porridge is the ultimate cold weather comfort food dish to enjoy on cool weather days with some sweet Hawaiian Bread. There’s nothing like a bowl of soup to get you feeling warm. In the Philippines, Chicken Arroz Caldo is also a common breakfast dish. The filling and protein-rich dish is sure to keep you satisfied through the day.
Ingredients:
For Crispy Topping
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 6 chicken thighs , bone in, skin on
- 8 cloves garlic , chopped (do not mince too finely)
Soup
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 1 yellow onion , chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger , minced
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 pinch saffron
- 1 lime , juiced
To Finish
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce , to taste (about 1 teaspoon per bowl)
- 1 soft boiled eggs , cut in half (1 per bowl)
- kosher salt , (sprinkled over egg)
- 1 tablespoon cilantro , minced (1 tablespoon per bowl)
- 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions , (about 2 tablespoons per bowl)
- lime wedges , (1-2 per bowl)
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
45 minutes
Total Time:
55 minutes
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