I am interested to know if foreigners are eating jok.

I like jok and will eat it if home made not commercial one like jok in cup.

Jok as in jing-jok?

Like in thai soup, made with rice,chicken,pork and other stuff?

It is more like rice porridge than soup. it is the Thai version of congee.

I love the stuff, especially with a little pork and egg in it. I bring some packs with me when i head back west. mmmmm

I had some congee on the airplane recently, it was disgusting, but hey airline food is a roll of the dice.

I love jok(congee) for breakfast especially this time of year when its cold. warms me up in the morning and is very filling. It's almost the equivalent of oatmeal.

I love jok and eat it 2 or 3 times per week. I only like it with ground pork and an egg though, I don't like it with liver or other parts of the pig in it.

My two youngest children like it. I do too but don't eat it very often. They were born in Malaysia and their first "solid" food was home made congee that the nanny used to make from scratch for them.

wouldn't mind knowing how to make this as my son is nearly 7 months & I want him to start having some home made thai foods to go with the home made british stuff (lamb casserole etc) he already eats. my hubby would appriciate it too no doubt, so if anyone can give me a recipe it wold be appriciated

I like it but don't know where to get it in Pattaya, but haven't really looked for it either. Any clues?

Good stuff,

Went to docs with sore tummy had the usual injection and 3 lots of pills. Told me to live on Jok for a couple of days, SORTED

Not advisable if you intend to do a spot of drug running.

Love it!!

There is one jok place at KaoSarn around 7-11 - Swenzen == arai mak mak

Jok is perfect for the cold mornings, like the last few days

wouldn't mind knowing how to make this as my son is nearly 7 months & I want him to start having some home made thai foods to go with the home made british stuff (lamb casserole etc) he already eats. my hubby would appriciate it too no doubt, so if anyone can give me a recipe it wold be appriciated

My wife just gets the instant packs from the grocery store. you just boil it and add fried ground pork and stir in an egg.

It's too easy.

yeah thats what hubby normally eats too but as my baby is so small I like to keep an eye on what additives, salt & sugar go into him so want to make from scratch.

Basic Jok recipe

INGREDIENTS:

3/4 cup long grain rice

9 cups water

1 teaspoon salt

PREPARATION:

In a large pot, bring the water and rice to a boil.

When the rice is boiling, turn the heat down to medium low. Place the lid on the pot, tilting it to allow steam to escape (the same as you would do when making cooked rice.

Cook on medium low to low heat, stirring occasionally, until the rice has the thick, creamy texture of porridge (1 - 1 1/4 hours).

You can add veggies, herbs, meat, egg or whatever you or your baby fancies.

nice one, thanks goldenbead.

I always have jok in the morning when in Thailand. But not much on the liver or salt egg....The best jok I ever had was in the morning market in Mae Hong Song. She put some small chunks of pork and sliced mushrooms in hers. Boy howdy it's good! Ginger, Puckit Dong, and crispy fried noodles on the side.

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Jok with minced pork and egg:

http://demonqueen.multiply.com/recipes/item/9

well am now cooking Jok for the first time, or attempting to anyway, will report back results later

love the stuff, especially with the other pig bits in it!!!

well according to husband, who is something of a food nazi where my cooking is concerned thinks it is a really good effort & good taste (trust me this is high praise indeed)

I followed goldenbeads instructions & added in the last half hour some minced pork, thinly sliced spring onion, mushroom, peas, courgette & then cracked a couple of eggs into it.

I fried some chopped garlic & added a couple of bits to the babies portion then zapped it a bit in the blender & a tiny splash of maggi & we were good to go. Boy liked it, hubby liked it (after adding more flavours) but all in all quite a success

Gonna go for chicken liver next time instead of pork as I think it will give a lot more flavour to the soup.

well according to husband, who is something of a food nazi where my cooking is concerned thinks it is a really good effort & good taste (trust me this is high praise indeed)

I followed goldenbeads instructions & added in the last half hour some minced pork, thinly sliced spring onion, mushroom, peas, courgette & then cracked a couple of eggs into it.

I fried some chopped garlic & added a couple of bits to the babies portion then zapped it a bit in the blender & a tiny splash of maggi & we were good to go. Boy liked it, hubby liked it (after adding more flavours) but all in all quite a success

Gonna go for chicken liver next time instead of pork as I think it will give a lot more flavour to the soup.

To add flavor, try using pork or chicken stock to replace the water in the recipe.

I'm not a joke person but i like kao tom kui more. Kind of similar but not quite the same. Joke people eat it in the morning but kao tom kui they tend to eat late at night. Joke is a little lighter then kao tom kui best suit for the morning.

You can go with alot of things with kao tom kui that you like -meat or veggies.

Or maybe a little simple one.

ohhh good tip pumpuiman, thought something was missing but didn't know what, think chicken stck will give it that bit of extra flavour, I make my own chicken stock (low salt) & have a batch in the frezer, will use that next time

Anyone know if the instant packs are available in the UK?

they sell them at wing yip. And I think the thai4uk.com do them for delivery too.

I love the stuff, and use to eat it all the time at that modern diner in Chiang Mai. They have a modern take on it with pureed carrots and veggies - incredibly healthy. I'm going to try and make my own tonight with the tips from this thread.

they sell them at wing yip. And I think the thai4uk.com do them for delivery too.

Thanks, Boo.

I love the stuff.

Might just do that for supper tonight (well, improvised, for lack of proper ingredients

Although I don't have them often, my last hangover was a corker. I was in Bangkok and my tilac went out to find jok for me. It sorted things like nothing else could.