Chinese Yam and Pork Shin Congee (Instant Port Recipe) Recipe

Chinese yam (aka 淮山 orå±±è�¥ in Chinese) is commonly used in Chinese cooking, especially for making soup and congee. Again I experimented my new kitchen toy, Instant Pot, to make a large pot of pork congee. How was the outcome? I was quite impressed by its pressure cooking power. After running only a cycle of its “porridge” function, about 20 minutes, all the rice turned to be very soft and started to break apart. The texture was like the “Chiu Chau Teochew” (æ½®å·�ç²¥) version. It’s good enough indeed. Yet my family used to have the Cantonese version, with all grains totally broken down, giving you a thicker consistency, not as runny as Teochew version. So, I took one more step to achieve that consistency. It’s not that complex as I…