Hainanese Chicken Rice

This recipe is an awesome version if you want to feed a whole family happily!! Not too much prep required and totally worth the little extra effort. All you need is one pot for the chicken stock and a reliable rice cooker. But some people even use a rice cooker to fry the fat, shallots & ginger before putting in the rice. Give it a go and be the next amazing kitchen warrior in town.

Prep Time

20 min.

Cook Time

60 min.

Total Time

80 min.

Type

Family Faves

Difficulty

Novice

Ingredients

Chicken Stock:
1 whole Chicken
2 tsp Salt
2 inch Ginger (cut)
2 Spring Onion (cut)
2 Lemongrass (bruised)
Rice:
Chicken fat (save from when cleaning chicken)
Cooking Oil
4 cloves Garlic (bruised)
2 Shallots (sliced)
2 inch Ginger (cut)
½ tsp Salt
4 cups Rice
6 cups of Chicken broth

Instructions

Clean the chicken well and then rub it with some salt all over (this helps make the skin smooth and shiny)
Place the chicken into a big pot and add in enough water to cover it, then add garlic, ginger, spring onion & lemongrass - boil for about 35-45mins (you can add other vegetables as you like also into the stock eg. carrot)
Once the chicken is cooked remove from the broth (keep broth for later) and submerge the chicken in ice-cold water for 10mins. Then drain chicken and set aside.
Fry the chicken fat in a pan then remove the remnants, then add in the shallots & garlic till fragrant, set aside
Rinse and drain the rice, then put it into the rice cooker
Add in the cooked oil from earlier into the cooker, and add in the ginger and salt
Cook rice as normal

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