Hainan Chicken Rice (from scratch)
Hainan Chicken Rice (from scratch)

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Hainan Chicken Rice (from scratch) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Hainan Chicken Rice (from scratch) is something which I have loved my whole life.

Recipe for Hainanese Chicken Rice & Chili Dipping Sauce. When the chicken is cooked through, turn off the heat and remove the pot from the burner. Either I make it myself, or drive for an hour each.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hainan chicken rice (from scratch) using 33 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Hainan Chicken Rice (from scratch):
  1. Get 1 Whole Chicken
  2. Prepare 2 cups White Rice (unwashed, not soaked)
  3. Make ready 30 g Garlic (minced)
  4. Get 40 g Ginger (1 knob)
  5. Make ready 40 g Spring Onions (3 stalks)
  6. Take 1/2 Yellow Onion
  7. Get 3 Litres Water (for Stock)
  8. Make ready 0.5-1 cup Water (for Schmaltz)
  9. Take 150 g Nai Bai (Baby Bok Choy)
  10. Take as needed Cooking Oil
  11. Make ready as needed Sesame Oil
  12. Get as needed Salt (1 tsp)
  13. Make ready Pickles (mix well in a bowl);
  14. Get 1 pc Carrot (cut into matchsticks)
  15. Make ready 1 pc Radish (cut into matchsticks)
  16. Make ready 1 pc Cucumber (cut into matchsticks)
  17. Make ready 1/3 cup Rice Vinegar
  18. Prepare 2 tsp Sugar
  19. Take 1/2 tsp Salt
  20. Make ready Chilli & Garlic Dip (blend in a Food Processor);
  21. Get 3 pc Fresh Red Chillies (deseed, rough chop)
  22. Prepare 30 g Garlic (rough chopped)
  23. Prepare 2 Tbsp Cooking Oil
  24. Get 1/4 tsp Salt
  25. Prepare Spring Onion & Ginger Dip (mix in a bowl);
  26. Get 30 g Spring Onion (minced)
  27. Take 20 g Ginger (minced)
  28. Make ready 1/4 tsp Salt
  29. Make ready Ice Bath Marinade (mix in a bowl);
  30. Make ready 3 Tbsp Fish Sauce
  31. Prepare 2 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
  32. Get 1.5 cup Stock
  33. Get 2 trays Ice

Besides all the recognition received across the globe, serving Hainanese chicken rice is Hainanese chicken rice is the Malaysian/Singapore adaptation of the Wenchang chicken from Hainan province. Chicken rice, specifically known as Hainanese chicken rice, is from Hainan, along the southern coast of China. Immigrants brought the dish to Singapore and now you can find it everywhere—and I mean everywhere. My local hawker center, Maxwell Food Centre, has no less than five stalls dedicated to.

Instructions to make Hainan Chicken Rice (from scratch):
  1. PICKLES; once you've cut the cucumber, radish and carrots into matchsticks, put them in a bowl and add 1/3 cup of rice vinegar, 2 tsp sugar and 1/2 tsp Salt. Mix well and serve in a saucer.
  2. SPRING ONION & GINGER DIP; Finely chop the Spring Onions, Ginger and then add 1/4 tsp Salt. Mix well in a bowl. In a saucepan, heat up 3 Tbsp of Cooking Oil until hot and then TURN OFF THE HEAT. Add the veggies to the oil and mix well. Serve it in a dipping bowl.
  3. CHILLI & GARLIC DIP; combine 3 fresh Red Chillies (deseeded), 30g of Garlic, 2 Tbsp of Cooking Oil and 1/4 Salt in a food processor or chopper extension and blitz until fine. Serve in a dipping bowl. FUN FACT; this is also a version of a Spicy Aioli Dip.
  4. BUTCHERING; A simpler way is to parboil the chicken and then debone it but then the cooking time will take too long. Instead, debone the entire chicken first; separate the bones, the extra skin and fats from the carcass, and the meat. Keep the skin on with the meat cuts and discard the head, the feet and the innards. SEASON the Chicken Meat with 1 tsp Salt and set aside.
  5. STOCK; In a stock pot, add 3 litre of water, yellow onion, 1 knob of Ginger, 3 stalks spring onion and chicken bones. Bring it to a boil and let it cook on a rolling boil for 10 minutes. Remember to skim off the scum from the surface.
  6. POACH; After 10 minutes, turn down the heat to a simmer (80 Celcius/180 Fahrenheit). Put in the chicken and cover with a lid. Poach the chicken meat for 10-15 minutes. To check whether the chicken is done, take a skewer and poke the thickest middle part. Place the skewer on your lips to test the heat. If it's hot then it's done. Remove and proceed to the Ice Bath.
  7. ICE BATH; Prepare a bowl with Ice, 1.5 cup Stock, Fish Sauce, Rice Vinegar and marinate the Chicken Meat for 20 minutes. The ice bath will shock the skin and give it a better texture as well as marinating the chicken.
  8. SCHMALTZ; Cut up the Chicken Skin into pieces. In a wok, heat up the chicken fats with with 1/2 cup water (or more) and cook until the liquid has turned yellow, the skins have browned, the water has evaporated and the fats are sizzling. Discard the skins and proceed to saute the garlic.
  9. SAUTE GARLIC & RICE; add 30g of Garlic into the pot with Schmaltz and fry it until fragrant. Then add 2 cups of White Rice. Mix well and toss for a minute.
  10. COOK THE RICE; add 2 cups of Stock in the rice pot with 1/4 tsp of Salt (2 pinches). Cook on low heat until all the moisture has left. When the liquid is gone, turn off the heat and comb the rice. Cover with a lid and let it rest for 10 minutes.
  11. BABY BOK CHOY; Discard the Bones, Yellow Onion, Spring Onions and Ginger from the Stock. Season the stock with 1/4 tsp of Salt. Blanch the Baby Bok Choy in the simmering stock for 30 seconds. Remove and set aside. The Stock can be served as soup accompanying the Chicken Rice.
  12. ASSEMBLY; Remove the Chicken from the ice bath, cut into serving pieces, brush with sesame oil and serve it on a plate. Serve the Rice in a serving bowl and garnish it with chopped spring onions. Pair the Chicken Rice with Pickles, Chilli & Garlic Dip, Spring Onion & Ginger Dip.
  13. Bless you and your house for reading this far 👍👍

Hainanese chicken rice is well known in Malaysia and Singapore. Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Bruneian. To cook the rice, heat the oil and reserved chicken fat in a large non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Wenchang Chicken and Rice with Calamansi Dipping SauceJason Lang. To best replicate the taste of a Hainan-raised chicken, which is fed on a special tropical diet and kept small in size, use an organic, free-range bird, preferably no larger than three pounds.

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