For Asian Americans, congee is often comfort food when you're sick. As the child of a Filipino immigrant, I ate congee that my mother prepared when I couldn't keep down anything else. It was a plain ...

When I was a kid, I’d eat congee almost every other day. Congee is a traditional Chinese porridge made from boiling rice in a large amount of water for a long time. As it cooks, the rice releases its ...

Savory and hearty, this Chinese congee is cooked with flavorful garlic beef and sautéed onions. In large pot add stock, rice, salt and ginger. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to a ...

There are few things more soothing than a hot bowl of congee. Growing up I usually ate it in the form of pei dan sau yuk jook — a silky Cantonese congee peppered with juicy bits of pork and century ...

BOSTON – By 12:20 on a recent Monday, all but six seats at Mei Mei are filled and a line is forming at the counter for the first lunch pop up of Congee & Me, the creation of 29-year-old Brookline ...

Congee, or jook, is my comfort food. It’s simple, warm and cozy, and absolutely delicious. This version is also incredibly nostalgic for me, since it became a tradition in my family to make it with ...

When I was in college and for years after, whenever I went into San Francisco to catch a late set of jazz, the evening always ended in Chinatown with a bowl of congee. I can’t think of anything more ...

Brandon Jew is the chef at Mister Jiu’s, the California-meets-Cantonese restaurant that opened last year in San Francisco's Chinatown. Growing up, we called congee "jook." My mom was the one who ...

Personal take: I’ve always thought of congee as sick people’s food; please don’t flame me internet. To me, it’s just not something I crave except when I’m feeling extremely under the weather. I was ...