Hainanese Chicken Rice

1h
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Place the chicken on a baking sheet and season generously with salt.
  2. 2Remove the giblets from the chicken.
  3. 3Finely mince the giblets and set aside.
  4. 4Place the chicken in a pot and add water.
  5. 5Add sliced ginger, garlic, scallions, and shiitake mushrooms to the pot.
  6. 6Poach the chicken until cooked.
  7. 7Finely mince ginger and garlic.
  8. 8Finely chop scallions.
  9. 9Combine minced ginger, garlic, chopped scallions, and salt in a bowl. Mix well.
  10. 10Add chicken broth from poaching to the bowl. Mix well.
  11. 11Add soy sauce to the bowl and mix well.
  12. 12Remove the chicken from the pot and place in an ice bath.
  13. 13Strain the chicken broth and set aside.
  14. 14Rinse the rice and cook in a rice cooker.
  15. 15Add the minced chicken giblets to a pan and saute until browned.
  16. 16Add minced shallots and garlic to the pan and saute briefly.
  17. 17Add the cooked rice to the pan and mix well.
  18. 18Add the strained chicken broth to the rice mixture in the rice cooker.
  19. 19Cook the rice until done.
  20. 20Finely chop red chilies and mince garlic.
  21. 21Combine the chopped red chilies, minced garlic, and salt in a mortar and pestle.
  22. 22Pound the mixture until a paste is formed.
  23. 23Add lime juice and some chicken broth to the paste. Mix well.
  24. 24Brush the cooked chicken with the ginger-scallion mixture.
  25. 25Slice the chicken and serve with rice, cucumber, chili paste, and ginger-scallion sauce.

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 piece ginger
  • 1 bulb garlic
  • 1 bunch scallions
  • 4 shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 bottle water
  • 2 cups rice
  • 2 shallots
  • 5 red chilies
  • 1 lime
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

Equipment

baking sheetknifepotrice cookermortar and pestlebasting brush