Chinese roast pork porridge

I have a tendency to cook a bit more rice for our meals because I believe it is better to have more than not enough so I always end up with leftover rice. Instead of frying the leftover rice all the time I use it to make porridge or congee. The one which we old folks like best is using Chinese roast pork which we can have for breakfast or lunch. Eating roast pork always reminds me of my childhood days when my grandma used to keep a pig at home every year in preparation for Chinese New Year. The poor pig will be sent for roasting a few days before the festival. I had the task of washing the pig sty every day which I enjoyed because I love spraying water on the pig.

 Chinese roast pork (燒肉) is normally made commercially by roasting an entire pig with seasoning in a charcoal furnace at high temperature. Good roast pork should have very crispy skin and juicy tender meat. You can buy roast pork from the roast pork seller or roast a piece of pork belly at home.

Ingredients

Leftover rice

A piece of Chinese roast pork belly cut into bite size pieces

1 chicken stock cube

Using the stove top method

Put the rice into a pot and add 3 times the amount of water used for cooking rice

You can always add more water later if needed

When the water is boiling, put in the roast pork and the chicken stock cube
Cook on low fire until the rice have broken up and absorbed the water
Remember to stir it now and then to prevent the rice sticking to the bottom

Nowadays I prefer to cook the porridge in the rice cooker
Put the cooked rice into the rice cooker and check the level marker
Add water up to 3 times the amount used to cook rice

Set it to cook porridge which takes 1 hour on my rice cooker

Put in the pork and chicken cube and stir to mix it up

About half an hour later check that there is enough water and stir it to mix everything 
Cooked rice tend to absorb more water so add more hot water if needed

When the porridge is ready season with salt and pepper and a little sesame oil
Add more hot water if it is too thick