Bringhe Recipe

Bringhe is a rice dish with meat or seafood cooked in coconut milk, colored and flavored with turmeric.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Filipino

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 50

Total Time 1

Servings

Calories 679kcal

½ small red bell pepper cut into strips
½ small green bell pepper cut into strips
1 small carrot cut diagonally ¼ inch
5 oz Kielbasa Smoked sausage or Chorizo de Bilbao cut diagonally ¼ inch
5 oz ham cut into cubes
1 small onion chopped
4 cloves garlic minced
3-5 pieces chicken thigh or wings
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 cup glutinous rice
1 cup coconut milk
1 cup chicken broth
2 bay leaves
¼ cup raisins
¼ cup green peas
3 thumb size turmeric (chopped & place in a cheese cloth bag) or ¾ teaspoon turmeric powder
salt and pepper to taste
2 hard-boiled eggs quartered
3 tablespoons olive oil
banana leaves wilted

Run banana leaves thru your stove to wilt. Set aside.
Chop turmeric and place in cheese cloth. Make sure to seal both ends. If you have turmeric powder, you can use this.
In a pan, heat oil over medium heat. Saute red and green bell peppers for a minute. Remove from pan and set aside.
Fry carrots for a minute and half. Drain oil and remove from pan. Set aside.
Add chorizo de bilbao or kielbasa sausage and fry until lightly brown. Remove and set aside.
Fry ham until lightly brown and remove from pan. Set aside.
Saute onion for 2 minutes or until translucent.
Stir-in garlic and cook until golden.
Add chicken and cook until light brown.
Toss-in glutinous rice and add fish sauce. Mix well.
Pour coconut milk and chicken broth. Stirring occasionally.
Toss-in turmeric in bag and bay leaves. Season with ground black pepper.
Let it simmer until rice is cooked and liquid is reduced.
Add in cooked green and red bell pepper, carrots, chorizo or kielbasa sausage, ham. Stir-in green peas and raisins. Blend well and cook for another 3 to 5 minutes.
Remove turmeric bag and bay leaves.
Salt and pepper to taste.
This last step is optional. For a traditional Bringhe, transfer cooked mixture on banana leaves and place back in pan. Cover top with banana leaves then lid. Adjust heat to low and cook for 3 to 5 more minutes. Raise heat for a minute for a crusty bottom (tutong). It will easily burn so stand by your stove.
Turn off heat.
Before serving spread quartered eggs. Serve it in the pan if you like. Enjoy!

If you prefer Bringhe that is so rich, you may add another ½ cup coconut milk to this recipe.