Feel Good Congee

It's Wednesday. I consider that halfway through the week. Once Wednesday is gone, you only have to get through Thursday and it'll be TGIF. It certainly has been a bad week for me so far. Decisions, decisions.

A friend asks you to help her with her smoking problem and keeps asking for her lighters back. How many times are you allowed to say no? Every time you say no, are you taking away her right to decide for herself? If you say yes, what kind of friend are you? Who is judging?

Ask someone an obvious question. How many sarcastic answers does it take before you stop asking? I'm sorry my stupidity offends you. 

You are being considered for an internship that you want really badly. Do you tell you sponsor and ask permission to change course now or later? What do you do if you've switched courses but did not get the internship in the end? What happens if you're not allowed to change?

How does one go about making choices that will cause the least casualty to oneself and others?

So feel good congee. Because I cannot man up and therefore I escape through books, exercise and eating. 

Ingredients:

Serves 1 person in need of a perk- me- up

1 cup Thai Jasmine rice (because it smells amazeballs)

2 chicken thighs (skin off)

2 tbsp sesame oil

water

salt/ soy sauce

pepper

Optional:

1 inch ginger ( about the length of your thumb) thinly sliced

1 green onion (chopped)

Method:

1. Soak the rice for at least 30 minutes. *
2. Put about 3-4 cups of water and bring to boil. Then add the chicken thighs and leave it to simmer  on medium heat for about 20-25 minutes. 
3. Wash the rice three times or until water runs clear ( if you need to occupy yourself)
4. Once the chicken is cooked**, remove it and put the rice and ginger into broth. 
5. Leave it to cook until the rice has melted. (about 1-2 hours)
6. Meanwhile, shred the chicken. Can be skipped if you can't be bothered.
7. Once cooked, add the chicken and give it a good mix. Season to taste and add the sesame oil to it.
8. Serve with chopped green onion.

* Some people leave the rice to soak overnight. I usually don't.

**Check by cutting through the thickest part of the chicken, if the liquid runs clear, it's good to go.

Sometimes I feel like someone should teach me the appropriate response to certain situations but hey this is life. You make a million good, bad and silly choices and then you die. So I'll have feel good congee for now and hope I make a choice that I won't regret. I hope this recipe helps with lifting your mood from whatever is bothering you. This blog post certainly hasn't. 

xoxo

Angel