# Hainanese Chicken Rice

Don't be deceived by the poached chicken, it's actually super flavourful & delicious!!

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chicken thighs
- salt
- green onion
- ginger
- garlic
- soy sauce
- duck fat
- chicken skin
- rice
- sesame oil
- dark soy sauce
- light soy sauce
- oyster sauce
- sugar
- chicken broth
- gailan
- neutral oil

## Instructions

1. Prepare your chicken thighs by removing the skin and saving this for later.
2. Exfoliate the chicken with salt.
3. Rinse the chicken with salt off.
4. Separate the chicken from the bones and add both to a pot.
5. Pour hot water over the chicken.
6. Add green onion, ginger, garlic, and a glug of soy sauce to the pot with the chicken.
7. Let the chicken cook for around 10 minutes.
8. Remove the chicken from the pot.
9. Rinse your chicken under cold water to stop the cooking and lightly brush with sesame oil.
10. Wash your rice until the water turns clear.
11. Start off with a bit of duck fat and render your chicken skin from earlier until it gets crispy.
12. Remove the crispy chicken skin.
13. Lower the heat and then add in some minced garlic, onion, and ginger.
14. Add in the washed rice.
15. Toast the rice together for a couple of minutes.
16. Add in equal parts of your chicken broth.
17. Let the rice cook as you normally would.
18. For the first sauce, mix green onion, ginger, and salt.
19. Pour over some sizzling neutral oil.
20. For the second sauce, combine some dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, and chicken broth.
21. Blanch some gailan.
22. Add the blanched gailan to an ice bath.
23. Chop up that crispy chicken skin from earlier.
24. Slice the chicken.
25. Add green onion and crispy chicken skin to a small bowl.
26. Add rice to the bowl and invert onto a plate.
27. Assemble the chicken next to the rice and enjoy.

## Equipment

- pot
- cutting board
- knife
- strainer
- spoon
- plate
- bowl

## Tips

- The chicken gets an exfoliating treatment by rubbing it with salt to make sure the skin is super soft.
- Separate the chicken off the bone so that the broth can continue cooking after the chicken is done.
- Rinse your chicken under cold water to stop the cooking.
- Add the blanched gailan to an ice bath so it stays crispy.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdgkt2F6/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5d1fb412-03f0-4b26-a86d-6a054cc0fc2c
- Extracted: 2025-09-14

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