Chinese Rice Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups jasmine rice
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 10 cups cold water
• 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into thin strips
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1/4 cup cooking oil

Recipe

• 1 rinse the jasmine rice in cold water.
• 2 transfer to a large stock pot.
• 3 sprinkle the 2 tsps. salt and shake mildly to combine.
• 4 add the 10 cups of cold water and 1/2 cup cooking oil and partially cover.
• 5 turn on stove to high and bring the rice/water mixture to boil.
• 6 reduce heat to medium to medium/low and cook for 3 hours, stirring occasionally the soup will thicken over time; if too thick for your taste, add water and continue cooking.
• 7 meanwhile, combine chicken, 1/2 tsp salt, sugar, soy sauce, cornstarch and cooking oil and stir to cover chicken with marinade.
• 8 let chicken sit for at least 30 minutes to marinate.
• 9 if you are marinating overnight, combine all but the oil and add the oil right before using in the soup.
• 10 during the last 15 minutes, add chicken and stir around to cook, about 5-10 minutes.
• 11 serve in heat resistant bowl.