2 hr
Hands-on time
MediumDifficulty
6 stepsSteps
Method
- 1 Boil a whole chicken in ginger water over low heat for 35 minutes, then let it cool in the broth.
- 2 In Hainan, the chicken is served warm, not chilled in ice water like in Singapore.
- 3 Remove the rendered fat from the fried chicken and use it to sauté the rice with the rendered fat and garlic for 4 minutes.
- 4 Cooking rice in an earthenware pot with chicken broth helps the pot retain heat evenly, resulting in a slightly crispy bottom layer of rice.
- 5 Crush the ginger and scallions, then pour in hot oil to make the first sauce, and blend the chili and garlic with lime juice to make the second sauce.
- 6 Make a soup from the leftover broth with jujubes and serve it with rice, chopped chicken, and two types of sauce.