Champorado Recipe (Filipino Chocolate Rice Porridge)
Champorado or Filipino chocolate rice porridge is a traditional Filipino breakfast. Made with sticky rice and pure cacao tablets, it’s rich, creamy, chocolatey.
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 119kcal
Ingredients
- 5 cups water
- 5 pcs tablea unsweetened, roughly chopped
- 1 cup glutinous or sticky rice
- sugar to taste
- milk for topping
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, boil 5 cups of water.5 cups water
- Add 5 pcs roughly chopped tablea and stir until dissolved.5 pcs tablea
- Add 1 cup glutinous or sticky rice and stir.1 cup glutinous or sticky rice
- Bring down to a simmer and cook until the rice is cooked through and until the mixture reaches the consistency of porridge (15-20 minutes, see notes). Stir occasionally.
- Serve warm, topped with milk and sweeten to taste.sugar, milk
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Notes
Keep in mind that the champorado will continue to thicken as it cools. So once the rice is cooked, even if your mixture is looking a little soupy, best to remove from heat. The rice will continue to absorb some of that liquid as it sits.
Nutrition
Calories: 119kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 12mg | Potassium: 24mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.01g | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.5mg