EASY CHICKEN RICE

 Chicken Rice

is popular in both Malaysia & Singapore

and 

is often referred to as

Hainan Chicken Rice

It is simply

steamed rice with boiled chicken

but

nowadays it comes with roasted chicken too

Chicken Rice

 is served with a special chilli sauce & ginger sauce

that makes it so different

In Singapore

it comes with an additional sweet sauce - the Black sauce!

The chicken needs to be juicy 

to qualify for the name

Hainan Chicken Rice

so it must not be overcooked or dry

Steamed Chicken Rice

A. 1 chicken Thigh, free range chicken

B. 1 cup rice, rinsed & drained

     2 pandan leaves, knotted

     2 slice ginger

     1 lemon grass, lightly smashed

      pinch of turmeric powder
      salt to taste. if required

C. Sauce: 2 Tbsp garlic oil (oil fried with minced garlic)
                 1.5 Tbsp soya sauce
                 1 tsp sugar
                 3 Tbsp hot water 

D. Garnish: spring onions, cut
                     cucumber, peeled & sliced 

1. add rice, knotted pandan leaves, ginger & lemongrass in the rice cooker

2. add enough water for cooking rice
3. add turmeric powder little by little to the water, the colour of water should be very       pale yellow (if too dark, the rice will be very yellow)
4. place the chicken thigh on top the rice (can lightly colour the chicken skin with        turmeric too)
5. switch on power of the rice cooker & cook 
6. when rice is cooked, allow to keep warm for at least 30 min
7. use a chopstick to poke the thigh, if the chopstick can go through easily, the chicken is cooked
8. take out the chicken & chop to bite size, arrange on a serving plate.
9. mix ingredients for sauce & pour onto the chicken
10. garnish dish with sliced cucumber & spring onions.
11. serve with rice, chilli sauce & ginger sauce

  

Before cooking

Done

Hainanese chicken rice is not complete without the following sauces:

Chiili sauce

4 red chilli, partly de-seeded

3 chilli padi, optional

12 cloves garlic, peeled

1.5 tsp sugar, to taste

1/8 tsp salt, to taste

juice from 1 lemon

1) combine chilli & garlic in a blender

2) add enough boiled water to blend until smooth

3) add lemon juice

4) season to taste with sugar & salt

Ginger Sauce

2 large pieces of ginger, peeled & cut

1/2 tsp sesame oil

1 Tbsp shallot oil (oil fried with shallots)

1/2 tsp LKK mushroom sauce

1/4 tsp salt, to taste

2 tsp sugar, to taste

1) put ginger in a blender, add enough water to blend until fine

2) heat up blended ginger

3) add sesame oil, shallot oil & mushroom sauce

4) add salt & sugar to taste

5) remove from heat when boils

I have tried cooking the chicken rice 

in this Electric Lunch Box

or Steamer