Spicy Minced Pork Rice Porridge

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Thai rice
• 200 g ground pork
• 1 tablespoon chili-garlic sauce, Lee Kum Kee brand preferred
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce (optional)
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 4 red chilli padi, sliced
• 1 tablespoon Chinese bean paste ("tau chiun" in Chinese)
• 2 shallots, chopped
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon cornflour

Directions

1. 1

   Cook rice in 1 and a half cups of water until it forms a almost thick texture (a good gauge is that you can still almost make out the grains of rice and the water is slightly thick).

2. 2

   Marinate minced pork with chilli sauce, sesami oil and oyster sauce.

3. 3

   Add corn flour to the minced pork mixture.

4. 4

   Leave for about 20 minutes.

5. 5

   Fry shallots in oil until fragrant.

6. 6

   Add minced pork and fry until the pork is no longer pink.

7. 7

   Add chilli padi.

8. 8

   Add half cup of water and the soya bean paste.

9. 9

   Continue to fry over a medium flame until half the water is gone.

10. 10

    Pour over rice porridge and serve.