How Babish Turns a Bland Rice Porridge into a Flavor-Packed Congee with Quail Eggs and Crispy Shallots

Babish recreates the iconic smiley-face porridge from Disney's Mulan by making congee two ways: a basic 6:1 water-to-rice version topped with bacon and quail eggs, and an upgraded pressure cooker version using homemade chicken stock, shiitake mushrooms, pickled ginger, crispy shallots, and sriracha. A fun, approachable episode that shows how simple rice porridge can be transformed into a deeply flavorful dish.