page_title: Congee
section_title: Thailand
hierarchical_section_title: Congee / By country / Thailand
caption_attribution_description: English: A Famous Porky Congee Hawker Stall at Prince's Cinema, Charoen Krung Road, Bangkok, Thailand 中文（香港）‎: 泰國，曼谷，石龍軍路，王子戲院，正門入口的著名豬肉粥檔
context_page_description: Congee or conjee is a type of rice porridge or gruel. The word 'congee' itself is a derivation of the Tamil word கஞ்சி. When eaten as plain rice congee, it is most often served with side dishes. When additional ingredients such as meat, fish, and flavourings are added while preparing the congee, it is most often served as a meal on its own, especially for persons who are ill. Names for congee are as varied as the style of its preparation. Despite its many variations, it is usually a thick porridge of rice largely disintegrated after prolonged cooking in water.
context_section_description: In Thai cuisine, rice congee, known as chok (Thai: โจ๊ก, IPA: [tɕóːk], a loanword from Min Nan Chinese), is often served as breakfast with a raw or partially cooked egg added. Minced pork or beef and chopped spring onions are usually added, and the dish is optionally topped with a small donut-like pathongko, fried garlic, slivered ginger, and spicy pickles such as pickled radish. Although it is more popular as a breakfast dish, many stores specializing in chok sell it throughout the day. Variations in the meat and toppings are also frequently found. It is especially popular during Thailand's cool season. Thai congee is prepared similarly to Lao congee.
  Plain rice congee, known as khao tom kui (Thai: ข้าวต้มกุ๊ย), is served at specialty restaurants, which serve a multitude of side dishes to go with it, such as yam kun chiang (a Thai salad made with sliced dried Chinese sausages), mu phalo (pork stewed in soy sauce and five-spice powder), and mu nam liap (minced pork fried with chopped Chinese olives).
  For notable chok eateries in Bangkok viz Bang Rak on Charoen Krung, which is the Bib Gourmand from Michelin Guidebook, and Talat Noi in Chinatown beside Wat Traimit near Hua Lamphong, with Chok Chai neighbourhood in Lat Phrao, for sale here 24 hours and has many franchise in various places.
  In khao tom kui such as Yaowarat, and Wong Wian Yi Sip Song Karakadakhom (July 22 Circle) neighbourhoods etc.
  In a popular reference within the 2011 US comedy film The Hangover Part II set in Thailand, chok is described as being a food for ″small babies and very old people″ with ″no taste″ that is nourishment ″everybody can digest″. The reference is used to describe the character of the protagonist Stu Price (portrayed by Ed Helms).
caption: Chok Prince or written Jok Prince, a Bib Gourmand chok eatery in Bang Rak
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