Hainanese chicken rice is a beloved dish that has captured the hearts and taste buds of many worldwide. Whether enjoyed as a comforting meal at home or savored at a local restaurant, this iconic dish has become synonymous with culinary excellence. If you're looking to recreate this classic dish at home and enjoy it with a loved one, we've curated a simple and easy-to-follow recipe that will guide you through each step of the cooking process. From selecting the freshest ingredients to understanding the techniques and secrets behind achieving perfect results, our recipe aims to make your cooking adventure a breeze. So, put on your apron, gather your ingredients, and embark on a culinary journey to create a delightful and authentic Hainanese chicken rice experience for two.
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HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: whole chicken, kosher salt, fresh ginger, fresh scallion, cold water, sesame oil, sesame oil, chicken fat, garlic, fresh ginger, kosher salt, long grain rice, reserved chicken poaching broth, sambal, sriracha, sugar, garlic, fresh ginger, lime juice, reserved chicken poaching broth, fresh ginger, garlic, kosher salt, peanut oil, rice vinegar, reserved fried garlic and ginger, oyster sauce, dark sweet soy sauce, light soy sauce, reserved chicken poaching broth, cucumbers, fresh cilantro
Provided by Matthew Johnson
Categories Dinner
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 32
Steps:
- To clean the chicken, rub all over with a handful of kosher salt, getting rid of any loose skin. Rinse the chicken well inside and out. Pat dry with paper towels.
- Remove any excess fat from the chicken and set aside for later.
- Season the chicken generously with salt. Stuff the chicken cavity with the ginger slices and scallions.
- Place the chicken in a large stock pot, cover with cold water by 1 inch (2 cm), and season with salt to taste.
- Bring to a boil over high heat, then immediately reduce the heat to low to maintain a simmer. Cover and cook for about 30 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165°F (75°C). Remove the pot from the heat.
- Remove the chicken from the pot, reserving the poaching liquid for later, and transfer to an ice bath for 5 minutes to stop the cooking process and to keep the chicken skin springy. Discard the ginger and green onion.
- After it's cooled, pat the chicken dry with paper towels and rub all over with sesame oil. This will help prevent the chicken from drying out.
- In a large wok or skillet, heat ¼ cup (60 ml) of sesame oil over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of reserved chopped chicken fat, the garlic, ginger, and salt, and fry until aromatic, about 10 minutes.
- Reserve ¼ of the fried garlic mixture, then add the rice to the remaining fried garlic and stir to coat. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Transfer the rice to a rice cooker and add 2 cups (480 ml) of reserved poaching broth. Steam the rice for 60 minutes, or until tender.
- While the rice is cooking, carve the chicken for serving.
- Make the chili sauce: combine the sambal, Sriracha, sugar, garlic, ginger, lime juice, and chicken broth in a small bowl and stir to incorporate.
- Make the ginger garlic sauce: in a small bowl, combine the ginger, garlic, salt, peanut oil, and rice vinegar, and stir to incorporate.
- Make the soy sauce: in a small bowl, combine the reserved fried garlic and ginger with the oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, and chicken broth, and stir to incorporate.
- Serve the sliced chicken with the rice, dipping sauces, sliced cucumbers, and fresh cilantro.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1248 calories, Carbohydrate 87 grams, Fat 76 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 47 grams, Sugar 9 grams
HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE
Hainanese Chicken Rice comes from the Chinese subtropical island of Hainan and many of the sons and daughters of Hainan immigrated to Singapore in the past 100 years. The most-popular dish of Hainan is the Chicken Rice in which a chicken is used in all ways - poached for the meat, the soup is used to make a deliciously flavored rice and to also infuse the chile sauce. This has become one of Singapore's top loved dishes, and you will find Hainanese Chicken Rice in every street corner coffee shop and food court as well as in the coffee houses of all hotels in Singapore.
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 2h10m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Make the Chile Sauce: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, mix well, and season with salt, to taste. Set aside
- Make the Chicken and Rice: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil (enough water to immerse the chicken). Stuff the cavity of the chicken with the scallion and ginger. Add the chicken to the boiling water, breast side-down. Lower the heat to a simmer just under boiling point and cook, covered, until just cooked through, about 40 minutes.
- Transfer the chicken to an ice water bath for about 5 to 6 minutes. (This is to arrest the cooking and will make the chicken skin crisp.) Drain. De-bone the chicken and cut into bite-sized pieces. Reserve the chicken stock, and keep hot.
- Heat the oil in a wok or saucepan over high heat. Add the garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the rice and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes. Add enough of the hot reserved chicken soup to reach 1/2- inch above the top of the rice. Bring to the boil, add the salt, and lower the heat to low. When steam holes form in the rice, cover the wok, and steam until cooked, about 30 minutes.
- Whisk 1/4 cup of the hot chicken stock into the chile sauce.
- Arrange the rice and poached chicken on a platter and drizzle with the chile sauce.
MUST-TRY HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE
My favorite food of all time! Don't be fooled by the simple ingredients. The secret is in the broth: this is the most amazing, flavorsome Chinese chicken rice dish you've ever tried. Garnish with sliced cucumber, sprigs of spring onions, and cilantro.
Provided by Samantha Tan
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Chinese
Time 2h17m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 24
Steps:
- Trim chicken of all excess fat, reserving fat.
- Place chicken, spring onion, 3 cloves crushed garlic, and one 1-inch piece ginger in a large pot. Pour in enough water to cover. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer, skimming any scum off the surface, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 1 hour.
- Remove chicken from the pot, reserving broth. Rub chicken with salt. Chop into pieces and arrange on a serving plate.
- Combine soy sauce, 3 tablespoons reserved chicken broth, 1 1/2 tablespoon sugar, garlic oil, and sesame oil in a small bowl. Drizzle over chicken pieces.
- Melt reserved chicken fat in a large pot over medium heat. Add rice, 3 cloves minced garlic, crushed 1-inch piece ginger, and salt; cook and stir until rice is glossy and fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Pour enough reserved chicken broth into the pot to cover rice by half an inch. Cover; bring to a boil. Cook until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Let rice sit, covered, for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
- Combine red chile peppers, juice of 2 limes, 2 tablespoons reserved chicken broth, 3 cloves garlic, one 1/2-inch piece ginger, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1 pinch sugar in a blender; blend until garlic chile dip is smooth.
- Combine juice of 2 limes, 2 tablespoons reserved chicken broth, 3 cloves garlic, one 1-inch piece ginger, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a blender; blend until ginger dip is smooth.
- Serve garlic chile and ginger dips alongside chicken and rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1047.2 calories, Carbohydrate 129.3 g, Cholesterol 149.4 mg, Fat 29.9 g, Fiber 3.2 g, Protein 60.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.5 g, Sodium 1125.8 mg, Sugar 9 g
HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE MADE EASY FOR TWO
This is an adaptation of a recipe I grew up on with what we could make do with in San Antonio, Tx since the 80's. My father grew up in Singapore and brought just what was in his head for making this dish. I have since made my own changes here and there yet the authentic taste remains, and it is easy for me to make while being disabled and busy.
Provided by chellekitty
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 1h
Yield 2-3 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Mince ginger and garlic, if needed.
- Place all the ingredients for the chicken - chicken breasts, ginger, garlic and chicken broth - in a pot (if needed, add water until chicken is covered) and boil until chicken is done. It is done when it comes apart with a fork.
- Take the chicken breasts out of the pot, place on a plate and coat in sesame oil.
- Cool stock.
- Add rice to rice cooker and 3 1/2 cups liquid from the pot to the rice cooker and cook rice according to manufacturer's directions.
- Cut chicken breasts into thin slices, serve on rice with shrimp paste.
HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Trim the excess fat from the hens and reserve at least 2 tablespoons of trimmings and fat. In a 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven, add the hens, 10 cups water, salt, and 3 scallions. Bring to a simmer and reduce the heat to low so the water just barely bubbles. Simmer for 30 minutes. Remove the hens and allow to cool; strain and reserve the broth.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the reserved fat and the sesame oil over medium heat. Remove any skin or browned bits. Add the garlic and 2 1/2 tablespoons ginger and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the rice and toast until opaque, about 2 minutes. Add 3 cups broth and 3 scallions, cover, and simmer, about 20 minutes.
- Stir together the soy sauce, brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons broth until the sugar dissolves. In a separate bowl, combine the remaining 1 tablespoon ginger and 1/2 cup broth. In a third bowl, combine the Sriracha and 2 tablespoons broth.
- Place half a hen and a small bowl of broth on a plate along with some rice, 1 green onion, and condiments on the side. Spoon the broth and condiments over the rice, or as desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 563, Fat 22 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Cholesterol 218 milligrams, Sodium 1713 milligrams, Carbohydrate 42 grams, Fiber 0.5 grams, Protein 46 grams
Tips:
- Use the right chicken: A good Hainanese chicken rice starts with a good chicken. Look for a free-range or organic chicken that is plump and has a yellow skin.
- Poach the chicken gently: Poaching the chicken is the key to getting tender, juicy meat. Bring the water to a simmer before adding the chicken, and then reduce the heat to low. Simmer the chicken for about 20 minutes, or until it is cooked through.
- Make a flavorful poaching liquid: The poaching liquid is what gives the chicken its flavor, so be sure to use a flavorful combination of ingredients. Common ingredients include ginger, garlic, scallions, and star anise.
- Cook the rice properly: The rice is an important part of Hainanese chicken rice, so be sure to cook it properly. Rinse the rice before cooking to remove any starch, and then cook it in a ratio of 1 part rice to 1.5 parts water. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer the rice for about 18 minutes, or until it is cooked through.
- Serve the chicken and rice with a flavorful sauce: The sauce is what really brings the dish together. A traditional Hainanese chicken rice sauce is made with ginger, garlic, scallions, soy sauce, and sesame oil.
Conclusion:
Hainanese chicken rice is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. With a little planning and preparation, you can easily make this dish at home. So next time you're looking for a new and exciting dish to try, give Hainanese chicken rice a try. You won't be disappointed!
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