How to make congee as seen in 'Mulan'

To mark the release of Disney's live action adaptation of Mulan on its streaming service Disney+ on September 4, here is a recipe inspired by one of the scenes in the beloved original animated film.

In the training camp, Mushu tries to get Mulan ready for the day by waking her up and feeding her a breakfast of congee topped with eggs and bacon.

Photo courtesy of Disney

Andrew Rea of Binging With Babish shared a congee recipe as seen in Mulan, as well as a leveled up version of the dish.

Here's how to make it.

Ingredients
water
long grain jasmine rice
bacon
quail eggs
cooking oil

Procedure
1. In a pot, combine 6 cups of water and 1 cup of rice
2. Bring to a simmer then partially cover and cook for an hour and a half
3. If the water evaporates, add a cup of water at a time
5. Fry some bacon
6. Shape into a curve while cooling in a paper towel
7. In the pan where the bacon was cooked, fry some quail eggs sunny side up
8. Serve congee in a bowl, topped with two eggs for eyes and a piece of bacon for the smile

Watch how the congee from Mulan, as well as the more flavorful leveled up version, is made here:

Mulan is an animated film released by Disney in 1998 based on the Ballad of Mulan.

It tells the story of how dutiful daughter Mulan disguised herself as a man to take her aging father's place in the army.

A live action adaptation of the story was released on Disney+ which starred Chinese actress Liu Yifei and was directed by Niki Caro.

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