Teochew People, 潮州人

What is your 1^st impression when talk about Chaozhou or TeoChew people (潮州人)?? 8 out of 10 will answer you “TeoChew porridge (潮州糜 or mue, we called it 粥) lah!!

The TeoChew mue is rather different from Cantonese porridge or congee. Mue (潮州糜) is very watery with the rice sitting loosely at the bottom of the bowl. In HK they call it "Da Leng" (打冷). Eating out at roadside food stalls close to midnight before they go to bed.

When I was kid, we never miss a single lunch of porridge (rice is only for dinner) and not mistaken my mum will cook this Minced Pork Porridge during year end house cleaning day (大掃除), may be it was easier to prepare one pot rather then cook so many dishes, N till today, it’s still my favorite.

尤鱼, Minced Pork Porridge

- Cook porridge as usual, until boiling.

- Add in Shredded Ginger, Shredded dry Sotong (尤鱼 )& Tong Chai (boil for another 10 – 15 minutes)

- Add in minced pork (marinated with little soya sauce + pepper)

(stir longer to become starchy , if you prefer congee texture)

- Add Soya sauce & Pepper to taste

- Sprinkle Coriander leaf before serving.