So you know when you were a kid,
and your folks would allow you to have that special treat breakfast every once in a while?
Well, kids my age wanted Pop-tarts or Lucky Charms,
but I wanted deep down inside was chocolate rice,
because I'm Asian. Duh! (laughs)
Today, I'm going to show you how to make Filipino champorado.
It's basically this really yummy chocolate rice porridge,
and there's a little twist at the end
so stay tuned for that.
First thing I'm going to do is chop up some chocolate.
I've got a blend of milk chocolate and 80% dark chocolate.
Now, some people just like to use cocoa powder
but I think using actual chocolate and melting that down
really adds a lot of flavor and richness.
Filipino champorado is different than Mexican champurrado,
which is a chocolate based drink
that's mixed with some corn flour.
This is just a rice porridge
Not just a rice porridge. A delicious rice porridge.
You want to try to find chocolate bars
or disks that don't have any other flavorings in them,
so if you wanted to use Abuelita tablets,
you could, if you wanted some cinnamon, or some spices like that
but generally, you want to just keep it at chocolate.
All right, that is a lot of chocolate, but don't worry,
this is supposed to be for more than one person.
A bit of some water here, and I'm going to add that to this pot.
This is going to be our chocolate base,
so in goes the chocolate.
Could I have used a smaller pot?
This is just representative of my life right now.
Heat and stir it up until the chocolate completely dissolves
you want to make sure to really scrape the bottom of the pots so nothing burns
because there's nothing worse than burnt chocolate.
Burnt chocolate is equivalent to a really bad kiss, you know?
It's kind of lingers in your mouth that you just regret everything.
Look at that beautiful, velvety.
I'm going to pull this off the heat and set it aside while I work on the rice.
I've let another pot here, and I'm going to boil some water.
Now for the rice, I've got some sweet or glutinous rice here.
You could also use sushi rice,
but you just want to make sure that you're using grains that are very starchy.
The water is boiling.
Just drop in your rice.
Then reduce it to a simmer and just let it boil
to cook the rice for about 10 to 15 minutes.
It might look like a lot of water now, but don't worry.
It's a very starchy grain, so it'll get very thick very soon.
It's been a couple of minutes now.
Look how much it's thickened up.
It's still got a little ways to go.
Just keep stirring it occasionally.
This is all done.
Okay, I'm going to turn off the heat,
and that's time to pour in the chocolate goodness.
♪ La la la la la la la la ♪
All of it goes in.
Stir it all well.
Yeah-es!
This is the time you want to go in for a little taste test.
It's not supposed to be overly sweet,
but if you want to add some, this would be the time.
Mmm.
If you wanted to you, can add a little bit of brown sugar,
but I am going to add some salt.
When you add salt to sweet things, it just amplifies the flavour
and makes it nice and rounded.
It's time to put everything together
I've got a little bowl here
along with some sweetened condensed milk.
This is gonna be perfect swirled right on top.
That's why I didn't add any sweeteners to the porridge.
I've also got something extra special to put on top.
Brace yourselves.
Anchovies!
Yep.
Dried salted anchovies are going to go right on top.
You might be curling up your face and disgust right now,
but you know what? Don't knock it 'til you try it.
A lot of Filipinos like this.
It's a great combination of sweet and savory.
Just gonna scoop nice portion here.
A little bit of sweetened condensed milk.
Ohhhhhh yeahh.
And now the anchovies.
I like a lot of this.
And there you have it.
Filipino champorado, complete with anchovies.
Let's give it a try.
Mmm.
Mmmmmm!
This is so satisfying.
I hope you guys give this a try.
I'll see you next time,
remember to Just Eat that fishin' Life.
You know what I mean.
Mmm!
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