Photograph of the finished Hainanese chicken rice

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Hainanese chicken rice

2 hr Hands-on time
MediumDifficulty
6 stepsSteps
Serves 4 Amounts follow along 4

What to get ready

  • Photograph of Whole free-range chicken Whole free-range chicken 4 lb
  • Photograph of Rice Rice 1.3 lb
  • Photograph of Ginger Ginger 6.3 oz
  • Photograph of Spring onion Spring onion 5.6 oz
  • Photograph of Lime Lime 6
  • Photograph of Chilli Chilli 16
  • Photograph of Garlic Garlic 32 cloves
  • Photograph of Dried jujube Dried jujube 24
  • Photograph of Oil Oil ⅔ cup
  • Photograph of Salt Salt 1.1 oz

Method

  1. 1 Boil a whole chicken in ginger water over low heat for 35 minutes, then let it cool in the broth.
  2. 2 In Hainan, the chicken is served warm, not chilled in ice water like in Singapore.
  3. 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. 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. 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. 6 Make a soup from the leftover broth with jujubes and serve it with rice, chopped chicken, and two types of sauce.
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