Hainanese Chicken Rice

Hainanese Chicken Rice

This three-in-one dish (chickenrice, and soup) originated in Hainan is a classic dish loved by people all over Asia. In fact, it is quite a culinary staple for Malaysians and Singaporeans especially during lunch. Recreating the Hainanese Chicken Rice at home takes a bit of work, but definitely it is worth all the effort. Here is my recipe for making Hainanese Chicken Rice at home from scratch.

Ingredients

  • Half chicken

  • Cleaning Method
  • 1 tbsp kosher salt, plus more, for exfoliating

  • For Basting Sauce
  • 1 Tbsp light soy sauce

  • 1 Tbsp dark soy sauce

  • 1/2 Tbsp sugar

  • 1/2 Tsp sesame oil

  • 1/2 Tbsp shaoxing wine

  • To Garnish
  • Few sprigs of green onion/ coriander

  • Note: 1 whole chicken cooking time will be 20mins for boiling and simmer for 45mins(depend on the chicken size), double up the ingredients.

  • For the rice
  • 3 cups uncooked washed rice

  • 5 tbsp vegetable oil/ chicken oil from the chicken skin

  • 4 cloves garlic (cleaned and crushed)

  • 1 thumb size ginger (cleaned and bruised)

  • 4 +1/2 Cup chicken broth (from the chicken boiling water)

  • 4 blades of pandan leaves

  • 1 + 1/2 tsp salt to taste

  • Ready to cook use rice cooker

  • Chili Sauce
  • 6 red chilies you may add in some bird’s eye chili if u prefer spicy

  • 10 cloves garlic

  • 1 small thumb size ginger

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1 tsp sugar

  • 5 Tbsp chicken broth

  • 6 lime/ calamansi juice to taste

  • Mixed well all the ingredients

  • Ginger Scallion Sauce
  • 3 stalks green onions/scallions (finely chopped)

  • 1 small thumb size ginger(grated)

  • 1/2 tsp of salt

  • 5 tbsp canola oil (heat up the oil until can hear sizzling, pour the hot oil into the mixture.

Directions

  • Wash chicken and drain well
  • Boil the water in a stockpot which enough to cover the chicken. together with ginger (1 thumb size) and scallion (1 stalk).
  • Submerge the chicken, breast side down in the boiling water for 10mins. Lower the heat to gentle simmer immediately for 30mins.
  • When chicken is cooked, remove chicken and plunge it into prepared cold water at once for 10 minutes.
  • Drain the chicken, set it aside to cool before chopping it neatly into desired serving size.
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