Sunday, March 27, 2011

Hainanese Chicken Rice (the Singapore way)

Here's one of my favorite recipes of all times...
The Singaporean Hainanese Chicken Rice

Five Star Boss's Homestyle Kampung Chicken Rice Recipe:
(taken from www.ieatishootipost.blogspot.com)
Chicken

* 1 whole organic chicken
* 70 ml sesame oil
* 60 ml light soy sauce
* Pandan leaves (a kind of leaves that help make the dish more fragrant, omit if u can't find)
* 60 ml of concentrated chicken stock
* Sliced ginger
* Finely chopped Garlic
* Chicken bones

Rice

* Cooking oil
* Chicken fat
* Salt
* Shallot oil
* Pandan leaves

Chilli

* 1/3 chilli padi
* 2/3 red chilli
* fresh lime
* chicken broth
* finely minced ginger

Procedure

Prepare chicken stock by boiling chicken bones in water for at least 1 hour (the longer you boil the better). Bring another pot of water to boil, making sure that there is enough water so that the entire chicken can be submerged. Once the water is boiling, put all the ingredients listed above into the boiling water. Next, dip the chicken into the boiling water and dip it a few times until the skin is cooked. Once the skin is cooked, leave the chicken under the water to cook. This is to ensure that the skin does not break. The cooking time is about 30 minutes for a 1.5kg chicken. Ensure that the water be kept just below the boiling point during the entire cooking process. Once chicken is cooked, put the chicken immediately into cool water for a few minutes. This will stop the cooking process and ensure that the meat will remain tender and the skin crunchy.

To prepare the rice, the raw rice is fried in oil with the garlic and ginger and shallots. Next, cook the rice, combine the concentrated chicken stock and the other ingredients listed above with enough water from the chicken broth to cover the rice. The water level should be as per the normal levels for cooking white rice. Cook the rice as per the normal method.

To prepare chilli sauce, first squeeze the lime to obtain fresh lime juice. Next, blend the ingredients in a blender until it is fluid and smooth. Finally, add some salt and sugar to taste and mix thoroughly.

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