swap_horiz Congee Alternatives

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Nasi Ayam

Nasi ayam is a chicken-and-rice dish associated with Malaysia and Singapore, where it is commonly served in hawker cente...

Simple Comfort Chicken Rice Hawker

9.3 Excellent

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Dosa

A dosa is a thin, pancake-like dish originating in South India. It’s made from a fermented batter of rice and black lent...

Fermented Breakfast Crepe South Indian

9.2 Excellent

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Chelo kabab

Chelo kabab is a traditional Iranian dish consisting of steamed, buttered basmati rice served alongside grilled meat. Th...

Kebab Restaurant Savory Iranian

9.2 Excellent

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Lu Rou Fan

Lu Rou Fan is a traditional Taiwanese rice dish featuring steamed rice layered with intensely flavorful, braised pork be...

Iconic Comfort Taiwanese Rice Bowl

9.0 Excellent

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Katsudon

Katsudon is a classic Japanese rice dish featuring a tender, breaded pork cutlet layered atop steamed rice and simmered...

Comfort Japanese Egg Donburi

8.9 Great

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Japanese Curry Rice

Japanese Curry Rice is a beloved rice dish originating from adaptations of British curry recipes introduced to Japan dur...

Comfort Classic Japanese Curry

8.9 Great

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Oyakodon

Oyakodon is a traditional Japanese rice dish featuring diced chicken and a soft-boiled egg simmered in a subtly sweet so...

Comfort Japanese Rice Bowl Donburi

8.8 Great

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Supplì

Supplì are a Roman street-food snack consisting of cooked rice—typically arborio or risotto rice cooked in tomato sauce—...

Street Food Mozzarella Savory Roman

8.8 Great

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Tai meshi

Tai meshi is a traditional Japanese dish consisting of sea bream cooked with white rice. The rice is typically seasoned...

Japanese Celebratory Savory Mixed Rice

8.8 Great

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Curry Rice (Japanese)

Japanese curry rice is a yoshoku dish consisting of rice served with a thick curry sauce, commonly prepared with meat an...

Comfort Popular Japanese Curry

8.8 Great

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Gyūdon

Gyūdon is a Japanese rice bowl dish consisting of a bed of white rice topped with thinly sliced beef and onions. The mea...

Japanese Savory Fast Food Beef

8.7 Great

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Tamago kake gohan

Tamago kake gohan, sometimes abbreviated as TKG, is a traditional Japanese dish consisting of hot cooked rice mixed with...

Simple Japanese Savory Breakfast

8.1 Great

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Champorado

Champorado is a traditional Filipino sweet chocolate rice porridge commonly served as a comforting breakfast or afternoo...

Comfort Sweet Breakfast Filipino

7.8 Good

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Chao

Chao is the Vietnamese term for rice porridge, commonly translated as congee. Rice is simmered in a generous amount of w...

Comfort Vietnamese Breakfast Rice Porridge

7.7 Good

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Xôi Mặn

Xôi Mặn is a Vietnamese savory sticky rice dish commonly consumed for breakfast or as a snack. Glutinous rice is steamed...

Classic Savory Vietnamese Breakfast

7.6 Good

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Ven Pongal

Ven pongal is a savory South Indian dish made by cooking rice and split mung beans until they form a soft, porridge-like...

Traditional Savory Breakfast Tamil

7.4 Good

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Khao Piak Khao

Khao Piak Khao is a traditional Lao rice porridge characterized by its thick, gluey texture, achieved by pounding short-...

Comfort Classic Breakfast Laotian

7.1 Good

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Juk

Juk, also written juk or jook, is the Korean name for rice porridge made by simmering rice in water or stock until the g...

Simple Korean Comfort Healing

7.0 Good

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Kao Tom

Kao Tom is a Thai rice soup in which jasmine rice is simmered in a mild broth with ginger and garlic, typically served w...

Simple Comfort Breakfast Thai

6.8 Fair

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Cháo

Cháo is Vietnamese rice porridge in which rice is slow-cooked with abundant water or broth until creamy, served with top...

Simple Comfort Vietnamese Breakfast

6.8 Fair