Hainanese Chicken Rice
- Total Time: 40 Minutes
- Yield: 6-8 1x
Description
Here’s an all time favourite meal for many Malaysians, Hainanese Chicken Rice.
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Ingredients
1–2.5 Liters of Chicken Stock (Depends on the size of your pot and chicken)
2–3 Spring Onions
4 Cloves of Garlic
3 Inches of Ginger, Sliced
3 Dried Shitake Mushrooms
Some Salt
1 Whole Free Range Chicken (Room Temperature)
1 Large Bowl with Ice Water
For The Rice
Some Oil
Some Chicken Skin and Fat
2 Inches of Ginger, Sliced
2 Cloves of Garlic, Chopped
1 Tablespoon of Gluten Free Soy Sauce
4 Cups of Basmati Rice
9 Cups of Chicken Broth
For The Chili Sauce:
To Be Blended
1 Small Shallot
4 Cloves of Garlic
3 Fresh Red Chilies
4 Inches of Ginger
1 Tablespoon of Salt
1 Tablespoon of Sugar
1 Tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar
For The Soy Sauce:
2 Tablespoons of Oyster Sauce
1/4 Cup of Light Soy Sauce
1 Teaspoon of Sesame Oil
Some Salt
Some Sugar
Some White Pepper
Some Chicken Broth
Instructions
- In a pot, add in the chicken stock along with your spring onions, shitake mushrooms, garlic, ginger, and salt. Bring that to a boil and once it starts boiling add in the whole chicken.
- Let that bubble away. Once it starts bubbling, close it with a lid and let it bubble for about 15 minutes over low-medium heat.
- Then, turn the fire off and set it aside and leave it in the pot, covered for another 15 minutes.
- Then to make the rice, In a pan add it some chicken skin and fat with some oil and fry that up. Add in the ginger and chopped up garlic and stir that around.
- Next, add in the light soy sauce and the washed basmati rice. Keep stirring that over low-medium heat until you start hearing the rice crackle, that would mean that it is drying up.
- Turn off the heat and transfer the rice into your rice pot and add in the chicken broth. Stir that around and put it into the rice cooker to cook.
- To make the chili sauce, in a pot, add in some oil and your blended items. Stir it around and season it with some salt, sugar and apple cider vinegar.
- Let it simmer for about 5 minutes and set aside into a bowl
- To Make the Soy Sauce, in a bowl, add in the oyster sauce, light soy sauce, sesame oil and season with some salt, sugar, and white pepper. Add in 2 ladles chicken broth and stir until all is combined.
- Now to prep the chicken, remove it from the pot and place it into the bowl with ice and let it chill in there for 5 minutes
- Then remove it from the ice bath, and place your chicken onto the cutting board. Cut the chicken into your desired size.
- Place it onto a plate and and drizzle over some of the soy sauce.
- Serve immediately.
- Prep Time: 10 Minutes
- Cook Time: 30 Minutes
- Category: Asian
- Method: Intermidiate
- Cuisine: Chinese
Keywords: Hainanese Chicken Rice
