How to Make Salted Eight Treasure Porridge

    As a Sichuanese, I grew up eating salty-flavored Laba porridge.I was accustomed to the taste from an early age. In the past, my grandma would start preparing ingredients the day before. At 6 am on Laba morning, she would wake me up and I'd see her cooking a large pot of Laba porridge.She would cook it for two days straight. After the big cauldron disappeared, so did Grandma, leaving that feeling behind.When I talked about it with my in-laws, they said they had never tasted salty Laba porridge before; most Northerners eat sweet Laba porridge. Today, I made some for them to try. The ingredients and tools for the salty Laba porridge are:Main ingredients: 300 grams of Laba rice

    Peanuts (100 grams)

    Red beans (100 grams)Green beans (100 grams) Glutinous rice (50 grams)Black rice (50 grams) Rice (200 grams)Preserved meat (150 grams) Cabbage heart (5 pieces)Ginger (one piece) Pepper powder (5 grams)The cooking utensils are: A sand pot
    Main category: Main food, porridge, salty and fresh taste, simmer for 30 minutes, simple difficulty.The steps to make the salty Laba porridge are: 1. Buy ready-made Laba rice from the supermarket (convenient); usually in Sichuan, peanuts, red beans, green beans, glutinous rice, and black rice are used.

    2. Soak the Laba rice and peanuts overnight with cold water; I like to add more peanuts.

    

    3. Boil a pot of water in a sand pot and put the soaked Laba rice and peanuts in.4. Cut the preserved meat into pieces, fry them slightly with a few drops of oil. 5. Heat up the fire; after 10 minutes on low heat, add the fried preserved meat pieces.6. Chop the ginger finely (should be added when the rice goes in).，7. Slice the cabbage.，8. Boil the sliced cabbage for 10 minutes. 9. Before turning off the heat, add an appropriate amount of salt, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and pepper powder.TIP:

    

    Laba rice should be soaked in cold water before being boiled in hot water.

    

    Place the clay pot in a pot of boiling water and add the preferred Laba rice and peanuts.

    

    Cut the salted meat into pieces, sauté with a few drops of oil until dry.

    

    Large Fire Turn to low heat after 10 minutes, then add the well-sautéed salted meat pieces.

    

    Chop the ginger into and put it in with the Laba rice.

    

    Cut the Chinese cabbage into strips.

    

    Add the cabbage and cook for 10 minutes.

    

    Before serving, add an appropriate amount of salt,MSG and pepper powder.

    Tip:

    Rinse the Laba rice with cold water before boiling it in hot water.