Comfort Food for the Rainy Day
Nothing beats steaming Arroz Caldo on a rainy day. It’s like a warm blanket on a chilly morning.
Pinoy Cook’s recipe asked for chicken liver, gizzard and premature eggs but I forgot to buy it from the Saturday Market. Premature eggs are not penoy. These are unlaid eggs which have not yet developed a shell. It’s the best surprise when you cut open a chicken. It’s still mostly egg yolk — thus the yellow color. It’s very creamy and more flavorful than the usual egg.
Since I did not have the exotic chicken parts, we ended up with a rather tame arroz caldo made of shredded chicken breasts (boneless). Still, it was VERY GOOD ARROZ CALDO — according to Poy and me. (Michael’s dissenting opinion — he’d rather have Goto than Arroz Caldo. I suspect he was turned-off by my heavy hand with the ginger. He also says he wants a yellow Arroz Caldo like in KFC.)
