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Congee Rice to Water Ratio: The Complete Chart (2026 Guide)

Congee Rice to Water Ratio: The Complete Chart (2026 Guide) The congee rice to water ratio runs from 1:5 to 1:10 by volume, and the everyday default is 1:8 — one part rice to eight parts water, or 80 grams of dry rice and 640 ml of water per serving. Thin Cantonese jook uses 1:10, thick Teochew congee uses 1:6, and Japanese okayu sits at 1:5. The thinner you want it, the more water you add to the same 80 grams of rice. Drop your serving count and thickness into our Congee Calculator(/food/congee-calculator) and it returns the exact rice and water in grams and milliliters. A common first mistake is treating congee like steamed rice — 1 cup of rice to 2 cups of water — which ends in a pot of paste that needs thinning with 3 extra cups of boiling water halfway through. Congee is not steamed rice...