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Hainanese Chicken Rice

aka the best chicken rice ever

For the stock:

  • 1 whole chicken (cut into quarters)
  • 1 whole onion (cut into quaters)
  • 5 whole garlic cloves
  • 4 inch ginger (cut roughly)
  • 1 cube chicken bouillon / 1 tsp MSG
  • 2 tsp salt
  • water to cover(about 4 cups)

For the rice:

  • 1 tbsp chicken fat (rendered)
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 tsp salt

For the ginger chilli oil (scraps from the chicken stock):

  • 2 red chillies
  • 2 chopped green onions
  • sugar (to taste)
  • sugar (to taste)
  • chicken stock/oil
  • MSG

For the vegetables:

  • 1 whole kangkung / kailan
  • 1 packet taugeh

Method

  1. To render the chicken fat extracted from the chicken skin, heat in a pan with low heat. Remove once translucent.
  2. Put all the ingredients *for the chicken stock until the chicken is cooked.
  3. Once done, plate the chicken, pour some sesame oil to make it pretty.
  4. Take out the scraps *for the ginger chilli oil
  5. To cook the rice, place all the ingredients *for the rice in the rice cooker, use the chicken broth in place of water. Keep the remaining stock as soup to serve on the side.
  6. Blend the scraps *for the ginger chilli oil, add salt and sugar to taste. Microwave for 1 minute. Serve and keep the remaining in a bottle
  7. Blanched the taugeh and the kangkung/kailan. Serve and enjoy!