# Hainanese Chicken Rice

Hainanese chicken rice is a simple yet intricate dish, where flavour is extracted from a few key ingredients, resulting in impossibly tender chicken and fragrant rice, served with fiery chili, sharp ginger-scallion, and sweet soy sauces.

- Total time: 60 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 whole chicken
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 piece ginger
- 1 head garlic
- 1 bunch spring onions
- 4 shiitake mushrooms
- 2 cups rice
- 2 cups water
- 1 shallot
- 5 red chili
- 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil

## Instructions

1. Place the whole chicken on a baking sheet and season it generously with salt. Rub the salt all over the chicken.
2. Place the chicken in a pot and add water.
3. Add sliced ginger, garlic, spring onions, and shiitake mushrooms to the pot.
4. Bring to a boil, then simmer until cooked.
5. Remove the chicken from the pot and submerge it in ice water.
6. Strain the cooking liquid and set aside.
7. Rinse the rice thoroughly and add it to a bowl.
8. In a pan, sauté the minced chicken giblets, then add minced shallot and garlic.
9. Add the rice to the pan and mix well.
10. Transfer the rice to a rice cooker and add the strained cooking liquid.
11. Cook the rice in the rice cooker until done.
12. In a mortar and pestle, grind the red chili, ginger, and garlic with salt until a paste forms.
13. Add lime juice to the mixture and mix well.
14. Brush the cooked chicken with the sauce prepared.
15. Slice the chicken and serve with rice, chili sauce, and ginger scallion sauce.

## Equipment

- baking sheet
- knife
- pot
- rice cooker
- mortar and pestle

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-03-02

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