Hainanese Chicken

Source: 1, 2, 3


1 whole chicken (3.5 lbs, 1.8kg), preferably organic
kosher salt
4'' section of fresh ginger, in 1/4'' slices
2 stalks green onions, cut into 1" sections (both the green and white parts)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
3 cloves of garlic

FOR THE RICE
2 tablespoon chicken fat or 2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
1'' section of ginger, finely minced
3 shallots, minced
2 cups long-grain uncooked rice, washed
2.75 cups reserved chicken poaching broth
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon kosher salt

FOR THE CHILI SAUCE
1 tablespoon lime juice
2 tablespoon reserved chicken poaching broth
2 teaspoon sugar
4 tablespoon sriracha chili sauce
4 cloves garlic
1'' ginger
a generous pinch of salt, to taste

Directions:
  1. Set a pot of water to boil.  Salt it.
  2. Chop up the green onion into 3" pieces
  3. Slice the ginger into 1/8" thin slices
  4. Dice the 3 shallots
  5. Clear them off to the side
  6. Clean the chicken, remove the giblets, and stuff with ginger, green onions, and garlic
  7. When the water boils, put in the chicken.
  8. Cook for 30 minutes
  9. Meanwhile, brown the garlic and shallots.
  10. Rinse the rice out and add it to the garlic and shallots.  Stir for 30s then pour into the rice cooker.
  11. Pull out when the breasts are at 160 degrees, even if the juices are red.  Cut open to check.
  12. Reserve stock and use 2.75 cups for the rice.  Add in a dash of the chicken stock base to the stock.
  13. Blend the chili sauce ingredients.  I'd use a little more sugar next time.
Notes:
Overcooked it because the juices were red when the breasts were 155 :\  Probably not make it again, it was alright.  The rice is flavorful and the stock (+ a dash of chicken stock base) is yummy, like chicken soup.  Maybe will make instead of chicken soup in the future.

Hawaii recipe
https://foodbycherie.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/steamed-chicken-with-ginger-and-spring-onion-sauce/

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