Hainanese Chicken Rice (Singapore’s National Dish!)

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:

1.  In a pot of boiling water and add the lemon grass, shallots, garlic and ginger in and bring to a boil.
   

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2. Cut the butt of the chicken away.
   

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3. Once the water has been boiling for 5-10mins, add in your chicken and make sure that the water covers the chicken fully.
   

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4. Poach the chicken for 30-45mins or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 74°C.
   

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5. 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.
   

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6. 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.
   

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7. Pour the sesame oil over and massage the whole chicken.
   

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8. Cut up your chicken into different parts, breast/thigh/wings etc
   

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9. 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.
   

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10. SOY SAUCE MIXTURE – mix all the ingredients together and pour over your cut chicken just before serving.
    

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Rice:

1. Add all the ingredients into your rice cooker with the uncooked rice.
   

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2. 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.
   

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3. 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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