Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe (Resipi Nasi Ayam Hainan)

Serves 3

Ingredients:

Chicken

1/2 chicken 
1 inch ginger sliced 
10 stalks of scallion (washed)
salt to taste
3 l water
10 tablespoon light soy sauce
5 tablespoon sesame oil
salt to taste

Rice


3 cups uncooked washed rice
4 tablespoon corn oil/vegetable oil
6 cloves finely chopped garlic
1/2 inch ginger finely chopped
6 cups of chicken broth
5 blade s of screwpine leaves
60g chicken fats (optional)
1 tablespoon sesame oil

Chicken rice chilli sauce

100g red chilies
30g garlic
20g ginger
2tsp salt
2tsp sugar
2tsp fish sauce
10ml vinegar
10ml lime juice
10g chicken broth

Method:

Chicken

1. Wash the chicken and drain the excess water from it. Rub the salt to all parts of the chicken until the skin looks smooth.

2. Put the chicken inside a stockpot together with the ginger and scallions. Pour in all the water inside the stockpot. Add in pinch of salt and cook for about 15-20 minutes.

3. After 20 minutes, remove the cooked chicken. Put in a plate and simmer with light soy sauce and sesame oil. 

Rice

1. Heat oil in wok and fry the chopped ginger together with the chopped garlic until golden in color. Add in the chicken fat (if any) until it turns brown. Add the rice and stir well for about 2 minutes. Transfer the rice mixture into the rice cooker.

2. Once the rice mixture in the rice cooker, add in the screw-pine leaves, pinch of salt, sesame oil and chicken broth and stir well. Cook as usual (normal rice).

Chicken Rice Chilli Sauce

1. Blend the red chillies, garlic, ginger and chicken broth.

2. Put in the bowl after blend and put in the sugar, salt, fish sauce, vinegar and lime juice.

Ready to serve. Bon appetite.