Hainanese Chicken Rice

First and foremost, I wanted to try a home-made roasted chicken with chicken rice cos my children like it too.  I was searching… instead I found Hainanese Chicken Rice recipe.  For curiosity, I checked on the recipes and thought it was not that complicated.  Why not try.  Well about the Roasted Chicken, can’t find anything good yet.  In fact, I was surprised how roasted chicken was prepared – the chicken was not roasted but deep fry.  Hmm, wonder how it is done? 
Anyways, comparing all the recipes I’ve read online.  Here’s what I came up…


For the chicken -

• 1 whole chicken
• salt and ground black pepper
• 2 medium onions, peeled cut in half
• 1 whole garlic, skin intact
• 3 1” ginger
• spring onions
• water, reserve for rice  (depends on how many cups of rice you are going to cook)
• chicken cube
• fish sauce

For the rice -

• rice, uncooked and wash the usual way
• reserved chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon minced ginger
• 2 tablespoon cooking oil

Directions:

1. Clean chicken the usual.  Rub generous amount of salt and pepper on the skin and cavity of the chicken.  Set aside.
2. In a a large cooking pot, place the onions, garlic, ginger and spring onions.  Add water just to enough to almost cover the chicken or depending on how many cups of water you will use for your rice later.  Bring to boil.
3. Once boiled, slide the chicken carefully.  Add fish sauce according to your desired taste and chicken cube.  Simmer for 20 minutes in low heat, covered.
4. Carefully turn the chicken and simmer for another 15 minutes, covered.
5. Remove from cooking pot by inserting a fork inside the cavity.  Be careful not to brake the chicken while dripping.  Serve on large plate.  Set aside.
6. In a separate pan, sauté the garlic and ginger in cooking oil.  Add the reserved chicken stock only.  Set aside.
7. Wash your rice the usual way.  Instead of plain water, add the chicken stock, measure according to  your rice and rice pot/rice cooker requirement.  Mix and cook the usual way. 
8. For the cooked whole chicken, I did not dipped in cold/iced water per other recipe’s *sorry.  Instead - in same plate, I cut the chicken with kitchen scissor.  Yay, it was a clean and nice cut :D

Serve with chicken rice and chicken rice sauce. Try and enjoy your meal :)