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Hainanese Chicken Rice (with Egg Fried Rice Note)

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One meal for 2 adults + 2 kids; eat fresh. Chicken poached in a pot; rice cooked in the bowl with the chicken fat and stock; sauces blended.
Kids: Kid portion is half; same full-flavour dish.
Ingredients
- 1.6 kg (1 whole chicken) whole chicken (or 1.5 kg (about 8 thighs) bone-in thighs)
- 50 g (about ½ cup finely chopped) ginger + 6 garlic + 3 spring onions (poaching)
- 2 tsp salt
- 60 g (about ¼ cup) chicken fat or 50 g (about 2¾ tbsp) butter
- 6 cloves garlic (rice)
- 4 red shallots
- 400 g (about 2 cups) jasmine rice, rinsed
- 2¾ cups (680 ml) chicken poaching stock
- 2 pandan leaves, knotted
- 6 long red chillies + 4 garlic + 30 g (about ⅓ cup finely chopped) ginger + 3 tbsp lime + 3 tbsp stock (chilli sauce)
- 60 g (about ⅔ cup finely chopped) ginger + 3 spring onions + ⅓ cup (80 ml) hot oil (ginger sauce)
- cucumber, coriander, dark soy, sesame oil
Steps
- Poach chicken in a big pot of water with ginger, garlic, spring onion, 2 tsp salt: simmer 15 min, then cover off-heat 40 min. Plunge in ice water, rub with sesame oil.
- Chilli sauce: chillies, 4 garlic, 30 g (about ⅓ cup finely chopped) ginger, lime, 3 tbsp stock, pinch salt in the bowl. Blend; set aside. 15 sec/speed 8
- Ginger sauce: 60 g (about ⅔ cup finely chopped) ginger, spring onion, ½ tsp salt. Chop; pour hot oil over in a heatproof bowl. 5 sec/speed 7
- Rice: 6 garlic + shallots in the bowl. Chop. Add chicken fat, fry lid cap off until golden. 3 sec/speed 7 5 min/120°C/speed 1
- Add 400 g (about 2 cups) rice, toast; then 2¾ cups (680 ml) stock, pandan, 1 tsp salt. 2 min/120°C/reverse/speed 1 18 min/100°C/reverse/speed soft
- Rest 5 min. Chop chicken, serve with rice, cucumber, sauces, dark soy. Egg fried rice note: next day, fry cold leftover rice in a hot wok with 2 tbsp butter, 4 garlic, 3 eggs, spring onion, soy and leftover chicken.
- Portion & store: makes ~4 adult portions (~200 g chicken + rice); a kid portion is half. Eat fresh; leftover rice in 1 container for fried rice. Fridge 2 days; freezer Rice only.
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