Hainanese Chicken Rice

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"Poached chicken with seasoned rice"
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Prep time: 15mins
Cook time: 30mins
Serves or Makes: 4

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ingredients

  • 1 1/2 inch Ginger
  • 2 Shallots
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • 1 stalk Scallions
  • 1 pound Chicken
  • 3 cups Uncooked rice
  • Chicken stock / water to cook rice
  • Soy sauce, salt and pepper for seasoning

Method

  • Step 1

    Mince the garlic, ginger, scallion and shallots. Before mincing them, save 1/4 of the ginger, cut them into slices. Note: You can blend them as well if you want to save some cutting effort.

  • Step 2

    Give a few shallow cuts on the chicken. Preheat the wok/pan. Pour it some oil.

  • Step 3

    Sauté the spices in (1) until fragrance, then add in the uncooked rice.

  • Step 4

    Stir fry it until they mixed well.

  • Step 5

    Put the rice into rice cooker. Fill with water, few pieces of gingers and scallions. Season with soy sauce, salt and pepper. Note : if you want it to be more flavorful, you can use chicken stock instead.

  • Step 6

    Lay the chicken on top and press the “white rice” button on the rice cooker.

  • Step 7

    Once the rice cooker is done, take the chicken out and slice it.

  • Step 8

    Serve the chicken with soy sauce and top with some chili sauce, of course, with a bowl of rice too!

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