Hainanese Chicken Rice 海南鸡饭 - Chinese Recipe

Hainanese Chicken Rice 海南鸡饭

🌍 Chinese, Hainan Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken (1.5kg)
• 5 slices ginger
• 3 stalks green onion
• (Rice) 2 cups jasmine rice (washed)
• 2 tbsp sesame oil
• 4 shallots (minced)
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)
• 600ml chicken poaching stock
• Ginger-scallion sauce: 6 stalks green onion (minced)
• 2 tbsp ginger (minced)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 4 tbsp hot oil
• (Chili sauce) 5 red chilies
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp ginger
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 1 tsp sugar
• salt

Method

1. Step 1 — Bring large pot of salted water to boil with ginger and green onion. Poach chicken 30–35 min at bare simmer. Transfer to ice bath 10 min.
2. Reserving — Reserve 600ml poaching stock. Fry shallots and garlic in sesame oil; add rice; fry 2 min. Add stock; cook until absorbed. Fluff.
3. Blending — Blend chili sauce ingredients.
4. Chopping — Chop chicken; brush with soy sauce and sesame oil. Serve over rice with both sauces, cucumber, and dark soy sauce.

Tags: chicken, ginger, stalks green onion, 2 cups jasmine rice, sesame oil · Source: Brittani's Almanac