Milkfish congee () is a Taiwanese breakfast dish consisting of a congee with

milkfish The milkfish (''Chanos chanos'') is the sole living species in the family Chanidae. However, there are at least five extinct genera from the Cretaceous. The repeating scientific name ( tautonym) is from Greek ( ‘mouth’). The species has man ...

belly. The dish is typically served with pepper and chopped spring onions and is often eaten at breakfast. Originating from

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of his ...

, the dish is considered one of the national dishes of Taiwan. Recently, the dish is starting to gain popularity in the United States.

Culinary method

Usually, milkfish bone is used to boil the broth, which is then used as a base for the congee. The congee soup is seasoned with pepper and chopped spring onions. One difficulty in preparing this dish is that milkfish has many tiny fish bones, making it hard to eat. Thus, milkfish farmers in southern Taiwan usually send them to processing plants to pick out the fish bones first, so the dish is also known as boneless milkfish belly congee.

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{{Taiwanese cuisine Taiwanese rice dishes Fish dishes National dishes Taiwanese cuisine Congee

Culinary method

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