Indonesian Chicken Porridge, Delicious and Healthy Food
Holiday Ayo - Chicken porridge or called Bubur Ayam is an Indonesian food that has many fans.
Porridge is a type of food that is cooked by boiling the ingredients until they become very soft. Making porridge doesn't take hours, even 15-30 minutes is enough.
This porridge is usually made of rice, which is boiled in large amounts of water. Because there is so much water, rice will lose its characteristic coarse texture to become very smooth.
In addition, because it is cooked for a long time, the rice is blended with the water. The result is a porridge that is very soft and thick.

Chicken porridge really delicious to eat when it's warm, usually this is served with shredded chicken, crackers, egg, and some soy sauce by suit taste.
Chicken porridge has indeed become Indonesia's favorite breakfast menu. Compared to other foods, Chicken Porridge is relatively lower in calories.
Although low in calories, chicken porridge does make you hungry faster, the reason is this breakfast menu is not so rich in vitamins, protein, minerals, and other nutrients that the body needs for activities until noon. This is because the largest content of chicken porridge is water.
The process of cooking with a lot of water also changes the structure of the rice. Rice, which was full of vitamins, minerals, protein, and fiber, turns into starch, the main content of which is glucose and carbohydrates.

Actually, there is a sad story from a bowl of chicken porridge. there was a severe food shortage in the time of Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi, to make all his folk could eat, he asked his cooker to make porridge so that would be more food.
Nowadays, you can find porridge in many areas throughout Indonesia, at affordable prices. Chicken porridge price ranges between IDR 10.000-15.000.
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