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Hainanese Chicken Recipe

	Mia / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago I love how the ginger/soy sauce/sesame oil sauce makes boiled chicken interesting. I use approximate measurements so you need to use your judgement / luck on the quantities. This recipe is very forgiving. Prep:30m Cook:90m Servings:4	Mia
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Ingredients

A whole chicken, preferably not more than 3 lbs, innards removed

5-6 cups chicken broth / 2 bouillon cubes and 6 cups water

1 ginger root, 2/3 sliced thinly, 1/3 chopped very finely

4-8 cloves garlic, minced

salt and pepper

1 1/2c rice

sesame oil

soy sauce

vinegar

chili oil / dried chilies

chicken fat oil some cooking oil

cucumbers, green papayas

Directions

For chicken: Trim off fat and skin from the neck and back/buttocks part of the chicken, keep for later. Remove innards.

Place entire chicken in a pot and cover with water / broth. Add 1-2 bouillon cubes (if using water), some sliced ginger (about 1/3 cup) , 4-8 garlic cloves, some salt and pepper.

Bring to a boil and keep at boil for 10min.

Turn off the stove and leave in hot water for 45-60 min. Take out of water, cover to keep warm.

For rice: Render the chicken fat in a pot. Add about 1/4c sliced ginger and some garlic, toast a bit.

Add rice (I use 1 1/2 cups for 4 people) and toast in oil until rice grains become transparent.

Add chicken broth (from the boiled chicken, use 1.5 times the amount of rice you placed).

Now you either cook this in a rice cooker or on a stove, your choice — just cook like rice from this point on.

For the sauce: In a bowl mix the ginger, some soy sauce, some vinegar, some sesame oil, and some chicken broth. General ratio for the 4 items is 3:3:2:2 Add some chopped chives if you want. Drizzle with chili oil or drop in some dried chili flakes, or use both the oil and the flakes.

Some siding suggestions: You can boil some green papaya in the chicken broth until they’re cooked but firm.

Thinly slice a cucumber and add vinegar, salt, and pepper, and maybe some sugar

Mush up or grate some ginger, and add some chicken broth and sesame oil.

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Comments

theskinnycook 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Another nice dip for this delicious Hainanese Chicken from my Hainanese father in law:

-lots of chopped garlic and fresh (bird eye's) chillies
-lots of salt
-add some boiling water so the tastes come out and
-add some (kaffir) lime

mia 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Thanks skinny! Sounds delicious. I'll try your sauce out this week.

theskinnycook 1 year, 6 months ago said:
So did it work? Is in my taste much more delicious than Nadoo's dips :-)

mia 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Delicious skinny! The husband loved it too :)

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