This is not any ordinary chicken and rice porridge. Filipinos eat arroz caldo for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. The magical ingredients are ginger and toasted garlic. Top it off with sliced green onions. Finally, squeeze in some fresh calamansi lemon juice. Back home on the U.S. Territory of Guam, arroz caldo is regular fare at the popular weekend flea market. On the East Coast where we’re based, many Filipino markets sell packets of instant arroz caldo mix. They’re pretty good, but there is nothing quite like fresh-made batches of the porridge sold out of a mobile food truck at the outdoor market on Guam where it’s served up hot and yummy.
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Oh, this sounds like a Chinese porridge called congee. Delish.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the magical ingredients. That garlic and ginger aroma is almost irresistible...unless it's on someone's breath.
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