
Classic traditional Hainanese chicken rice is known to be Singapore’s national dish and our go-to comfort food every time we visit the Hawker Centre.
HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE RECIPE (SINGAPORE’S NATIONAL DISH!)
Ingredients
Chicken: (This liquid will be your chicken stock)
- 1/2 lemon grass (pound lightly)
- 3 shallots (cut in big chunks, smash)
- 5 garlic clove (smash)
- 1 small ginger (cut in chunks)
- 1 whole chicken
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
Soy sauce mixture
- 2 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1/3 cup chicken stock
Rice:
- 2-3 shallots (cut into chunks and smash)
- 5 garlic clove (smash)
- 1 small ginger (slice big chunk)
- 1 pandan leaf (tied)
- Any amount of rice you would like to cook (minimum 2 cups)
- Chicken stock
Steps
Chicken:
- In a pot of boiling water and add the lemon grass, shallots, garlic and ginger in and bring to a boil.
- Cut the butt of the chicken away.
- Once the water has been boiling for 5-10mins, add in your chicken and make sure that the water covers the chicken fully.
- Poach the chicken for 30-45mins or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 74°C.
- Prepare a big bowl of ice water and season it with salt, once the chicken is done, submerge it in the bowl of ice water for 5-10mins.
- Next, remove the chicken from the water and place it on a tray or if you have a hanging rack that would be ideal to hang the chicken.
- Pour the sesame oil over and massage the whole chicken.
- Cut up your chicken into different parts, breast/thigh/wings etc
- Tip: for the chicken breast, gently smash it with the side of your knife like how you would smash a garlic and then proceed to cutting into thick slices/chunks to serve.
- SOY SAUCE MIXTURE – mix all the ingredients together and pour over your cut chicken just before serving.
Rice:
- Add all the ingredients into your rice cooker with the uncooked rice.
- Fill up the rice cooker with chicken stock to the same level as how much you would do for water when you cook rice normally.
- Once the rice is cooked, remove all the ingredients and give your rice a nice mix. It’s ready to serve!
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