Char Siu Chicken and Rice

Directions

  1. 1Wash the rice.
  2. 2Chop the ginger.
  3. 3Add chicken fat to a pot.
  4. 4Add chicken skin to the pot to render the fat.
  5. 5Remove the skin when it's crispy.
  6. 6Add sliced shallots, ginger, and garlic to the rendered chicken fat.
  7. 7Add the rice.
  8. 8Add water to the rice.
  9. 9In a bowl, marinate the chicken with light soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, brown sugar, honey and five spice.
  10. 10Place the chicken on a wire rack over a baking sheet.
  11. 11Bake the chicken in the oven.
  12. 12Chop cilantro and green onions.
  13. 13Place in ice water.
  14. 14Remove the chicken from the oven.
  15. 15In a pot, add leftover marinade and chicken stock for the sauce.
  16. 16Mix cornstarch with water.
  17. 17Add the cornstarch mixture to the sauce.
  18. 18Zest and juice lime over the cilantro and green onions.
  19. 19Slice the chicken.
  20. 20Add the rice to a plate.
  21. 21Top with the sliced chicken.
  22. 22Pour the sauce over the chicken and rice.
  23. 23Garnish with the cilantro-green onion mixture and crispy chicken skin.

Ingredients

  • light soy sauce
  • oyster sauce
  • dark soy sauce
  • brown sugar
  • honey
  • 5 spice
  • chicken fat
  • shallot
  • ginger
  • garlic
  • chicken stock
  • fish sauce
  • leftover marinade
  • chicken stock
  • cornstarch
  • rice
  • chicken
  • lime
  • cilantro
  • shallot
  • green onion