Hainanese Chicken Rice
This three-in-one dish (chicken, rice, 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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