# Hainanese Chicken

This video shows how to make an easy Hainanese Chicken meal with sliced chicken, fragrant rice, and a ginger scallion oil.

- Servings: 3 servings
- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- 6 Cups Water
- 3 crushed garlic cloves
- 1 piece Ginger
- 1 handful Scallion whites
- 1 handful Scallion greens
- 1 pinch Salt
- 2 Chicken bouillon cubes
- 5 Cloves Peeled garlic
- 1.5 inch Peeled ginger
- 1 Cup Washed rice
- 2 tbsp Sliced greens of the scallions

## Instructions

1. Trim off the excess fat from the chicken thighs and keep it for later.
2. Add chicken to a pot.
3. Add enough water to completely cover the chicken (6-7 cups).
4. Add 3 crushed garlic cloves, ginger, scallion whites, and some of the scallion greens to the pot.
5. Add salt and 2 chicken bouillon cubes.
6. Stir and bring it to a boil.
7. Cover the pot, drop the heat to medium-low, and cook for 30 minutes.
8. While the chicken is cooking, add 5 peeled garlic cloves and 1.5-2 inch peeled ginger to a food processor.
9. Process till it's minced.
10. Add the chicken skins to a cold pan and set the heat to medium to render the fat fully and crisp up properly.
11. Take the crisped chicken skins off the pan.
12. Add 1 cup washed rice and 1.5 tbsp of the ginger-garlic mince to the pan with rendered chicken fat.
13. Cook for a bit till slightly toasted.
14. Add the toasted rice to a rice cooker.
15. Add broth from the pot with the chicken to the rice cooker and cook it.
16. Add the remaining ginger-garlic mince to a bowl.
17. Add a pinch of salt, 2 tbsp sliced greens of the scallions, and heated oil over it.
18. Mix the ginger-garlic oil and it's ready.
19. Take out the cooked chicken from the pot.
20. Let it rest and cool down before taking the bones out and slicing it.
21. Strain the broth and add it to a serving bowl.
22. Add some of the ginger-scallion oil to a plate.
23. Add chicken skin crumbles and green onions in a bowl.
24. Followed with the cooked rice.
25. Smash it down and flip onto the plate to serve.
26. Add sliced chicken and it's ready to eat.

## Equipment

- Pot
- Knife
- Food processor
- Pan
- Rice cooker
- Serving bowl
- Plate
- Chopsticks
- Tongs
- Spoon

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@chefroncooks/video/7501928289972260138?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7550004359083755022
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9b864d43-45db-4dc2-bb9c-3630e64d95fe
- Extracted: 2025-09-20

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