One-Pot Dishes

Jujube & Chestnut Millet Porridge

Name: Jujube & Chestnut Millet Porridge
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 15 g Foxtail millet; 10 g Jujubes; 5 g Chestnuts, peeled; 10 g Glutinous rice flour; 70 g (plus 4 cups for jujubes) Water; to taste Salt

대추죽

A naturally sweet porridge of foxtail millet cooked with strained jujube and chestnut purée, thickened with glutinous rice water. Glutinous rice flour can replace the millet; mix glutinous rice and water 1:1 for the thickener.

30mPrep

40mCook

1Serving

EasyLevel

🧺 Korean ingredients in this recipe

Jujube (Daechu)Sweet red dates for teas, rice cakes and soups 🛒 Shop on Amazon
Pine Nuts, Chestnuts & GinkgoThe nuts of Korean holidays, porridges and sweets 🛒 Shop on Amazon
Glutinous Rice & Rice FloursSticky rice and rice flours for porridge, pancakes and sweets 🛒 Shop on Amazon

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📘 Cooking basics for this recipe

How to Cook Korean Rice (Bap)Short-grain rice in a pot, a rice cooker or a pressure cooker, plus multigrain rice and nurungji

📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Wash and soak the millet.

Jujube & Chestnut Millet Porridge — step 1

Boil the jujubes and chestnuts in 4 cups of water until the jujubes are soft.

Jujube & Chestnut Millet Porridge — step 2

Squeeze the jujubes by hand to release the flesh and press through a sieve with the chestnuts.

Jujube & Chestnut Millet Porridge — step 3

Cook the millet in five times as much water, stirring.

Jujube & Chestnut Millet Porridge — step 4

Mix the jujube-chestnut purée into the millet and add the glutinous rice water, simmering until thick.

Jujube & Chestnut Millet Porridge — step 5

Season with salt and serve.

Jujube & Chestnut Millet Porridge — step 6

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

132Calories (kcal)

29.4 gCarbs

3 gProtein

0.8 gFat

2 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

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Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.