Hainanese Chicken Rice

Name: Hainanese Chicken Rice
Total time: P1H
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: ginger; scallions, spring or green onions; salt; chicken; sesame oil; chicken; schmaltz (chicken fat); long grain rice; garlic; salt; chicken broth; ginger; salt; scallions, spring or green onions; vegetable oil; hot chili peppers; sugar; salt; sesame oil; soy sauce, dark; chicken broth; napa (Chinese) cabbage; salt and black pepper; scallions, spring or green onions; cucumbers; tomatoes; cilantro

Submitted by sugarandspice

This dish, which originated on the island of Hainan, off the coast of Southern China, emphasizes the natural sweet flavour of an absolutely fresh chicken and served with rice that is cooked in chicken fat with garlic and then simmered in chicken stock.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

30 min

READY

60 min

Ingredients

INCHES GINGER
freshly crushed *

SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
including the green tops, bruised

TABLESPOON SALT

WHOLE CHICKEN *

TABLESPOON SESAME OIL

1000

GRAMS CHICKEN
for the stock

For the rice

INCHES SCHMALTZ (CHICKEN FAT) *

CUPS LONG GRAIN RICE
white

TABLESPOON GARLIC
finely chopped

TEASPOON SALT

2 ¼

CUPS CHICKEN BROTH

For the gingergreen onion sauce

INCHES GINGER
freshly peeled *

TEASPOON SALT

SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
including 1 inch of the green tops, finely chopped

TABLESPOONS VEGETABLE OIL

For the sweet chili sauce

LARGE HOT CHILI PEPPERS
seeded *

TEASPOON SUGAR

PINCH SALT *

TEASPOON SESAME OIL

CUP SOY SAUCE, DARK *

For the cabbage soup

CUPS CHICKEN BROTH

HEAD NAPA (CHINESE) CABBAGE
cored and sliced *

SALT AND BLACK PEPPER
to taste *

SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
including 1 inch of the tender green tops, chopped

CUCUMBERS
peeled and sliced

TOMATOES
sliced

CILANTRO
fresh strips. for garnish *

Directions

For the ginger-green onion sauce:

Combine ginger & salt in a mortar and pound to a paste. Add the green onions. Heat oil until almost smoking and pour over the paste mixture. Stir and mix well.

Sweet chilli sauce:

Combine ingredients in a mortar and pound to a paste. Add the sesame oil.

Soy Sauce:

¼ cup dark soy sauce

Cabbage Soup:

Pour the chicken stock into a saucepan over high heat, add the cabbage and cook for 2 minutes. Season with salt & pepper. Add the spring onions.

1 cucumber, peeled and sliced 2 tomatoes, sliced fresh coriander sprigs

Garnish chicken with coriander sprigs.

* not incl. in nutrient facts

Comments

happyzhangbo

I felt so happy that you added this recipe, because I just heard of this chicken rice dish recently, and it currently is so popular in Singapore. I'm getting ready to learn more about Singaporean food. Thanks so much for sharing this delicious recipe with authentic photo with us, really appreciated it :)

Nutrition Facts

879g

Amount per Serving