We had a craving for a comforting chicken rice soup. We have made Filipino arroz caldo before, but we were intrigued by this version, which calls for chicken wings and sweet glutinous rice: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/212940/chicken-arroz-caldo-chicken-rice-porridge/
Our modifications: first, we microplaned the ginger instead of leaving it in chunks. Second, we used 1 Tbsp fish sauce as recommended, but to prevent the soup from becoming too salty, we used 4 cups unsalted chicken broth plus 1 1/4 cup Better Than Bouillon chicken broth. Finally, we found that last step (cooking the sweet rice in the soup) took longer than 10 mins (about 15 mins). We garnished with chopped scallions and slices of hardboiled egg (we estimated 1/2 egg per serving). (Dec. 2023)
Note: This was delicious, but we found the soup too viscous, with the ratio of chicken to rice / broth to be off. The next time, we will reduce the chicken wings to 1 lb (from 2 1/4 lb) and keep the sweet rice to 1 cup and the broth to 5 1/4 cups.
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