Secret Recipe Revealed! Singapore Teochew Fish Porridge 新加坡潮州鱼粥 Chinese Fish Porridge Hawker Recipe

Teochew fish soup is widely available in Singapore. You can get it in most food courts and coffeeshops. If you can find a fish soup stall, most likely they will have the option of fish porridge too. Teochew fish porridge is simply rice soaked in a bowl of fish soup. If you don't like rice, you can replace it with thick or thin vermicelli or any other types of noodles.
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Ingredients:
Serves 4 - 5
Ingredients for soup stock - boil for 45 mins
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2L of water (please add more soup if the water dries up slightly after you have added the rice)
0.5 kg of chicken feet - blanched
150g of ikan bilis - washed
2 tablespoons of dried shrimps - soaked till soft
1 dried sole fish - dry roasted
Marinade for the fish
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500g of mackerel
1 teaspoon of salt
A few dashes of white pepper
2 teaspoons of cornflour
Other ingredients
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Optional: 1 whole piece of dried cuttlefish - cut into stripes & shallow fry until crispy
Optional: 2 bulbs of garlic - chopped and shallow fry until light golden brown - both oil and garlic to be used to enhance the flavour of the dish
1.5 cups of cooked Jasmine rice
1 thumb size ginger - julienne
2 tablespoons of fish sauce
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[@blessfoo6610]

Thanks for your recipe! My whole pot was empty! My family give a 👍!

[@spicenpans]

Yippeeee! 😃😃😃

[@stellawee6923]

Started following your videos during the CB, all your receipts are very yummy! My family loves it. I like your videos cuz u explained why certain steps were taken when cooking. Thanks again.

[@erikagroote6205]

oh how i wished i could taste this! every time you taste it for seasoning my mouth waters.

[@spicenpans]

Hehehe.

[@iamnotfooled]

Excellent recipe. I am cooking this for dinner

[@alankoh8143]

Good broth. 👍🔥. I will normally add little bits fried dried shrimp and dried sole fish ( cut into very small pieces) as topping with fried garlic if not adding the dried cuttle fish. My mum ( teochew) used to grill the dried cuttlefish with charcoal instead of fried it.

[@anthonyyan6380]

this is a very comforting dish. another amazing video. thanks for sharing and yes i love garlic.

[@spicenpans]

Thank you Anthony 👍🏻👍🏻

[@thamkuanhoy830]

Wow yummy I love teochew fish porridge with topping of fried cutterfish.

[@marinapastora2537]

Ilike the way you teach i understand so well 1 thing is you have a recipe below so i can follow it.but i must have to watch your actual videos.today i just cook this fish soup.thanks sir for sharing...yummy sll finish

[@spicenpans]

Glad that you enjoyed this dish. Thank you so much for using our recipe 🤓🤓

[@anafitriyaniumi8903]

Thanks...l learn chineese food from You my teacher

[@estherwoo5413]

Do we use overnight rice to put into the soup? Or freshly cooked ones?

[@kennyrogers803]

Mmmm... Smells great!! That taste so delicious and yummy dish!! So good to try that!! Great recipe!! See u anytime!!

[@spicenpans]

Hi Kenny Rogers. We haven’t seen you for a few videos and we were wondering how you’ve been. Hope everything great. See you all the time!

[@kennyrogers803]

Spice N' Pans Hi!! I'm okay!! See u again asap and have a great day too!!

[@littletaffy2417]

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL

[@spicenpans]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏🤓

[@wendywendy646]

Blend the rice or blender the cooked rice to get a cream smooth feel of porridge. Nice also u can reduce cooking time ready half an hour insteadvof 2 hours.

[@spicenpans]

Hihi. Teochew porridge is different from Cantonese congee. In Singapore, Fish soup stalls will just heat up the soup and then add cooked rice to it and cook it for a short while before serving. Hope this explains but thanks so much for the suggestion 👍🏻👍🏻

[@at7317]

May I know how about the fried garlic you put aside? Do we add into the porridge together with the fried cuttlefish or?

[@spicenpans]

Hihi. Yes you can put them aside so whoever wants garlic can just add them in. Happy cooking!

[@ariniputri]

So hungry after watching this

[@spicenpans]

LOL. 🤣🤣🤣

[@haslindalim]

For the dried cuttlefish, do u need to rehydrate it first before frying?

[@spicenpans]

Hi Haslinda. No we didn’t. You just need to rinse it and then cook otherwise the flavour will be lost due to soaking.

[@ignatiajessica5427]

How to soften dried cuttlefish, brother? any tips?

[@spicenpans]

Good morning Jessica. You can cut them into small strips then soak them for a while. Not too long though. You might also wanna consider adding the soaking liquid in your dish when cooking so that you don’t lose the umami goodness of the cuttlefish. Yummy!

[@calenechew3887]

Could you share a recipe for dog's liver treat using Air Fryer as I have noticed you have an adorable dog. Thank you in advance.

[@spicenpans]

Hihi heh. We will try to do this. Thank you for your request.

[@berylsu168]

May I know why you need to soak the dried shrimps since they are going into the soup? Thanks.

[@spicenpans]

Hi Beryl. This is because we want to remove the salt from the shrimps then you can have better control of the saltiness level of the stock. Hope this explains. Happy cooking.

[@berylsu168]

@@spicenpans Ok. Got it. Thanks.

[@debbielee6103]

When do you add in the garlic

[@clementng7718]

Yummy 😋 thanks for sharing

[@spicenpans]

My pleasure, Clement 😊

[@Rintoang627]

what size is your claypot and also the pan?

[@spicenpans]

Hi Rinto, if i'm not wrong, it's about 30cm wide. Both of them. Happy shopping!

[@wangmeisen8993]

Hi. How much u paid for the 500G Mackerel fish? Is it alot? Enough for how many bowl? Waiting for your reply :)

[@Resis96]

Hello, yummy dish! What do you call this fish in local language if I go to the local wet market or the supermarket?

[@spicenpans]

马交鱼or bei ka hur (fish) Hokkien. Can also ask for Da Pan hur

[@Resis96]

Spice N' Pans thank you 😊

[@san-ju30]

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[@gavincheng0394]

Where do you get the dried soul fish?

[@spicenpans]

Good afternoon, Gavin. We got it from our local supermarket- Shengsiong and NTUC.

[@mamemo359]

@@spicenpans hi, may i ask which section sole fish is found in sheng siong? Would like to try this dish for lunch today! :)

[@shirleywong4333]

u can use oats/ porridge instead of rice

[@Santi-ee7fo]

Ok

[@irisho2744]

I m not very good with fish dishes. The fish that u r using, are they Batang? I wl cook this dish for my Teochew hubby for his birthday on Thursday instead of the Mee Sua soup. Wish me luck :)

[@spicenpans]

Hihi Iris. Mackerel is known as 马鲛鱼 or bei ka hur in Hokkien. You’re such a good wife 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Good luck to your dish!

[@debitatmaja1230]

i thought bei ka hur is "Tenggiri"... hahahaha

[@biophile2]

Is the dried cuttlefish sweetened?

[@spicenpans]

Hihi. The cuttlefish is for cooking - salted. Although it may look the same as those commonly eaten by Asians as snacks but it’s not - it has yet to be processed to be edible without cooking.

[@renayee5230]

Hi can I use fish bone, sole fish, ikan billiz and a bit of dried prawns to cook the broth instead of chicken feet ?

[@qiuuuyannn]

It’s a bit rich

[@otrie]

You are killing me sir, my mouth is watering. This recipe is going to taste so awesome! I like how you use the chicken feet for stock.

[@spicenpans]

😊 thank you!

[@irisb7205]

I am so bored of the taste of my rice porridge. You are a godsend with this dish.Tremendous thanks to you . I'm on self peritonial dialysis which is a system of filling my belly with fluid , so occasionally my stomach is sensitive. Thus the porridge to sooth me .

[@spicenpans]

Hi Iris. We’re so glad that we can help you. Please take care of yourself. God bless.

[@D2BIGIMU]

Hi, Can i use chicken bone and Can i fry the fish first and can i not use the sole fish?

[@spicenpans]

Hi Sabrina. Yes you can use chicken bones and you can fry the fish first. If you use sole fish, this soup will be extra extra nice but yes you can omit it if you want. Happy cooking!

[@ikuto8828]

I tried this for Mother’s Day ! I didn’t have fish sauce, so I put light soy sauce . Taste just like the ones they sell outside! Thank you so much

[@SuperKnowledgeSponge]

Do you re use the muslin bag? How do you save the cloth or do you just toss it out?

[@spicenpans]

Hi Superknowledgesponge. We like your handle. So cute! You can just rinse the Muslin bag with dishwashing detergent and then dry it properly before storing it. It can be used multiple times until they have holes or look too old to be used.

[@johnnyshih8997]

Fish比較多喔!

[@mahll222]

I 💛 all your Yumillicious recipes .. many thanks from kuala lumpur. 😉👍

[@spicenpans]

Thank you so much too. Hope all is well in KL 🤓🤓🤓

[@mickeho]

What will you do with the chicken feet? Throw away or braise them to eat

[@spicenpans]

Good morning! We have friends who always request for chicken feet whenever we use them in our cooking. Some viewers also said they would feed them to their dogs but we don’t really do that. As they are cooked in the soup for quite sometime, you would love eating them because they would have soaked up the goodness of the soup. Hope this helps.

[@haslindalim]

Hi, the fish is abit tough after simmering 3 minutes... is it too long thus overcooked?