There was a day last week that I felt I would get sick because my head started aching and my tongue felt warm corrupting my taste buds, so when brother and I were thinking what to cook for dinner, I immediately told him I will cook arroz caldo as it is one of my comfort foods.
Arroz Caldo literally means "rice" and "stock" in Spanish. Here in the Philippines, although there are many variations of the rice porridge or congee, as many people calls it, when someone speaks of arroz caldo, it means rice porridge with chicken. Other variations for this dish had ox tripe, pork intestines and others - which they call "goto."
When I cook arroz caldo, I use 100% glutinous rice. Others mix regular rice and glutinous rice to save up, but I don't really go for it. I prefer my arroz caldo thick and not too soupy, it's like eating mushy risotto. And, I make sure there are chopped spring onions, toasted garlic bits, and a teaspoon of calamansi juice in my bowl. I love the sourness the calamansi gives to the dish, but not all are into it.
*** Jenn ***
I am a filipina and my husband is a dutch , and you know what that is one of the favorite filipino food of my husband and he was very eager to learn how to cook "lugaw" and now he knew already how to cook lugaw and he is very proud of it.
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