This congee recipe with miso and butternut squash is warm, comforting, and nourishing, and perfect for any time of the year. Congee is a traditional Chinese rice porridge that has been enjoyed for centuries as a staple food. It’s easy to make and can be customized with different ingredients to suit your taste.
This miso butternut squash congee recipe is perfect for a cozy night in or as a comforting meal during a difficult time. Also known as a rice porridge recipe, the combination of butternut squash, miso, and ginger in this congee provides a warm and grounding flavor that will leave you feeling satisfied and nourished.
Fertility Foods For Women: Best Congee Recipe
Not only is this congee recipe delicious but it’s also packed with nutrients that support all chapters of life including fertility foods for women, pregnancy, postpartum, feeling under the weather, or simply needing a comfort meal.
This is a rice porridge recipe that will comfort your soul, calm your worries, and is a wonderful addition to your fertility meal plan.
Congee Recipe Ingredients
Chicken bone or vegetable broth: Bone broth is very mineral-dense and full of beneficial herbs, nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. Vegetarians and vegans can feel free to use vegetable broth, as it can be just as nourishing.
Jasmine rice: With its fragrance alone lending a calming feeling, jasmine rice is perfect for this congee recipe as it’s fluffy and not too sticky.
Sweet rice: This adds just a perfect amount of sweet taste to the combination for a rice porridge recipe!
Butternut squash: Butternut squash is high in beta-carotene, which is converted into Vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is essential for reproductive health in both men and women.
Miso paste: Miso paste is also a great source of probiotics, which can help support a healthy gut microbiome.
Tamari or coconut aminos: Both add delicious and super comforting flavor.
Garlic cloves: The benefits of garlic are outstanding, never eat a meal without it!
Ginger: In this congee recipe, the ginger will warm and ground you with its flavor and scent, and it also has its own set of health benefits similar to garlic.
Salt and pepper
Optional toppings: cilantro, green onions, sesame seeds, pickled eggs, hard-boiled eggs, kimchi, shiitake mushrooms, sriracha, as desired and to taste!
Make Congee for Fertility
- Soak the rice overnight to speed up the cooking time. Alternatively, rinse the rice in water until the water turns clear to clean the rice.
- Peel and cube the butternut squash and roast in the oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes until fully cooked. Once finished, set aside until later.
- In a large pot, pour in the broth. Add grated ginger to the pot.
- Add the jasmine rice and sweet rice to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, and reduce heat to low. Stir well.
- Cover the pot and simmer for 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the rice has broken down and the mixture has thickened. Add more water or broth if the mixture gets too thick.
- While the congee mixture is cooking, mix together the miso paste and tamari into a small bowl to make the miso paste. Cook the mushrooms and any other additions you would like, such as hard-boiled eggs.
- Once finished, spoon the congee into a clean bowl.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve hot with your choice of toppings.
This miso butternut squash congee recipe is easy to make and can be customized with different ingredients to suit your taste. The combination of butternut squash, miso, and ginger provides a warm and grounding flavor that will leave you feeling satisfied and nourished.
Enjoy the Benefits of Congee
Whether you’re trying to conceive and come up with a fertility meal plan, or just looking for a warming and comforting meal, give this miso butternut squash congee recipe a try. Your taste buds and your body will thank you.
Congee is healthy for anyone, with added benefits as a fertility food for women. Full of nourishing ingredients as well as ingredients that boost health and immunity in general, this is a wonderful rice porridge recipe for every human!
Fertility Path and Support
I am over the moon and honored to share that this recipe is the first fertility food for women recipe series in collaboration with Angela at Magnolia Wellness OC.
Magnolia Wellness OC is a wellness space offering acupuncture, reiki, massage, and naturopathic services and is located in Orange County, CA. Even if you are not located in Southern California, Angela helps folks virtually via telemedicine and specializes in herbal consults and fertility.
We wanted to share this series of recipes because they are delicious and inspirational. We both wholeheartedly believe that food is medicine, and is a wonderful and body-supportive way to boost your fertility naturally.
I’ve been on my own fertility journey for an extended time, turning to food as a way to nourish and support myself. Cooking and creating help to nourish me and my partner as well as help to re-ground me in the current moment.
Angela has been a huge support during my own fertility journey. We felt pulled to come together to share the recipes we have been adding to our daily recipes. Just a small love note, if you are on your own journey, please know you are not alone, and you don’t have to go through it on your own. ♥️ There is support available.
Recipe inspiration for this congee comes from Motherbees.
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Miso Butternut Squash Congee Recipe
Warm, comforting, and nourishing, this miso butternut squash congee recipe is perfect for any time of the year. Congee is a traditional Chinese rice porridge that has been enjoyed for centuries as a staple food. It's easy to make and can be customized with different ingredients to suit your taste.
Ingredients
- 4 cups of chicken bone broth, vegetable broth
- 2 cups of jasmine rice
- 1 cup of sweet rice
- 1 cup of butternut squash, peeled and cubed
- 2-3 tablespoons of miso paste
- 1-2 tablespoons of tamari or coconut aminos
- 4-5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon of grated ginger
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Optional toppings: cilantro, green onions, sesame seeds, pickled eggs, hard-boiled eggs, kimchi, shiitake mushrooms, sriracha
Instructions
- Soak the rice overnight this will help speed up cooking time, you can also rinse the rice in water until the water turns clear to clean the rice.
- Peel and cube butternut squash, roast in the oven at 425 degrees for 40 minutes until fully cooked. Once finished set aside until later.
- In a large pot, combine the chicken bone broth and water. Add grated ginger to the pot.
- Add the jasmine rice and sweet rice to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, and reduce heat to low. Stir well.
- Cover the pot and simmer for 30-40 minutes stirring occasionally, until the rice has broken down and the mixture has thickened. Add more water or broth if the mixture gets too thick.
- While the congee mixture is cooking, mix together miso paste, and tamari into a small bowl to make the miso paste. Cook the mushrooms and any other additions you would like such as hard-boiled eggs.
- Once finished, spoon the congee into a clean bowl.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve hot with your choice of toppings.