Chicken congee/porridge

(from my mom)

Ingredient

1 whole chicken (small one but not cornish hen)
4 garlic cloves
3 slices of ginger
2 C sweet rice (or rice) washed and soaked in water then drained

Wash and take off skin from a chicken
Place in a big pot.
Put 8-10 cups of water
Put garlic and ginger
Bring to boil
As soon as it starts boiling, turn off heat and wait for an hour  (if you have time), covered
In the mean time, prepared sweet rice: wash, soak for an hour
Then Bring to boil again 
Drain the sweet rice and
Put sweet rice or rice into the pot.
Stirring occasionally.
You can crush the chicken and take out the bones if you like.
If it turns thick and has the consistency of porridge, it's done.
 
Enjoy,
MOM