Rain Water · Breakfast · Yang Deficiency
Fresh beef congee with ginger
Beef slipped into boiling congee and left to cook in the residual heat: silky, with plenty of warming ginger.
- 15 min
- Serves 2
- Simmer
- Easy
WarmingDispels coldStrengthens spleen and qi
Why it suits you: Yang Deficiency means feeling the cold, and the damp chill of the 'return of the south wind' is especially hard. Shredded ginger dispels cold and damp, and beef strengthens the spleen and warms the body, so a hot bowl warms you from the stomach out.
Method
Prep 10 min · Cook 5 min- 1The night before, set the congee base on a timer in the rice cooker.
- 2Marinate the beef with the soy sauce, cornflour and a little oil for 10 minutes.
- 3Bring the congee to the boil, add the ginger for 2 minutes, then the beef; turn off the heat as soon as it returns to the boil and finish with spring onion and pepper.
Chef's tips
- Slice the beef thinly across the grain; add it only once the congee boils and let the residual heat finish it.
The TCM view
Beef is sweet and warm, strengthening the spleen and stomach and building qi and blood. Fresh ginger is pungent and warm, dispelling cold and resolving damp; white pepper is pungent and hot and warms the middle. It warms yang and clears damp when cold and damp combine.
