How to Love Plain Rice Gruel (糜)

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Chaozhou's Mue is the plainest food I've ever eaten... and it's actually pretty great? 0:00 - the rice gruel of chaozhou 3:44 - learning to love the gruel 7:44 - making the gruel 10:26 - the pickle spread 11:58 - preserved radish omelette 13:48 - chaozhou style fried veg 16:00 - thai wingbean salad 19:16 - the sweet potato version A quick recipe for the fried preserved Daikon, as promised: Roughly mince 40g preserved daikon (菜脯). To a hot wok, swirl in 1 tbsp lard, then add the minced daikon together with one clove of minced garlic. Over a medium flame, fry until the daikon begins to get light golden brown bits, ~2-3 minutes. Season with 1 tsp granulated sugar. FULL, DETAILED RECIPE (Including the celery variant) ... is over on Substack! Free as always, if it had to be said: https://open.substack.com/pub/chinesecookingdemystified/p/the-gruel-manifesto ______ And check out our Patreon if you'd like to support the project! https://www.patreon.com/ChineseCookingDemystified Outro Music: คิดถึงคุณจัง by ธานินทร์ อินทรเทพ Found via My Analog Journal (great channel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHaL5H-VYRg&t=896s

Published 2026-08-04 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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