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Filipino

Champorado

🌍 Filipino

The best champorado ever, today we do the good one using a kit. This rice is a premium Filipino black heirloom rice called balatino rice directly from the Cordillera region, paired with 100% pure chocolate from Mindanao.

📍 Philippines

The story of the dish

Champorado is a traditional Filipino sweet chocolate rice porridge that originated among the working class in the Philippines, traditionally cooked with glutinous rice, milk, and chocolate; it is commonly eaten for breakfast or merienda (afternoon snack) and is sometimes paired with dried fish (tuyo) for a sweet-salty combination.

The name: The name 'Champorado' is derived from the Spanish word 'chocolate' and refers to a chocolate-based dish; it has no specific meaning in Tagalog.

Ingredients

IngredientEUg · mlUScups · spoons
sticky rice (balatino rice)200 g1 cup
pure chocolate / cocoa powder≈ 50 g≈ ½ cup
sugar≈ 60 g≈ ¼ cup
water≈ 500 ml≈ 2 cups
water120 ml½ cup
dry fish (tuyo)≈ 30 g≈ 2 pcs

≈ amount suggested from similar recipes

Tools & equipment

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Also used: saucepan · whisk · wooden spoon · serving bowls

Method

  1. Wash the sticky rice with water.
  2. Dissolve the cocoa powder with half a cup of water.
  3. Pour the dissolved cocoa powder into the boiling rice.
  4. Wait until the rice is completely cooked.
  5. Remove from the fire and serve.
  6. Fry the dry fish (tuyo) and serve as an add-on to balance the sweetness of the rice.
👨‍🍳 Chef’s tips
  • Fry the tuyo (dry fish) to balance the beautiful sweetness of the chocolate rice.
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Nutrition per portion estimate · 1 of 4

214kcal
7 gprotein
42 gcarbs
5 gfat

Allergens

Fish

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