Hainanese Chicken Rice #glutenfree #glutenfreerecipes #glutenfreecooking

This is one of my favourite dishes and very popular in Singapore and Malaysia . I can eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some western people, may think this a simple and boring dish, but it allows you to taste and savour the pure, original flavour of the chicken. Serve with Oily Steam Rice and Garlic Chilli Sauce.

Hainanese Chicken Rice served with Seasoning Sauce and Chilli Sauce, Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:

1 whole Free Range Chicken
1 clove of garlic, cut half
1 Spring Onion
3 cm Ginger, grated
2 tablespoon Salt

Method:

Place the chicken and all ingredients into a big pot, cover with water.
Place lid on pot.  Heat on high until the water is boiling. 
Turn down to medium heat and cook another 20 minutes.
Turn off the heat and let chicken sit  in the boiled water for about 15 minutes. Remember don't open the lid  during that time.
Remove the cooked chicken and soak in ice water until cold. Dry it and brush some sesame oil on the skin.
Strain the chicken stock to keep for rice and chilli sauce.

Oily Rice

Ingredients:

2 cups Rice, washed
1.5- 2 cups Chicken Stock  (Saved from previously boiled chicken)
Salt if necessary

Method:

Cook all together until rice is soft. 
Butter can be added as well. (personal preference)

Chilli Sauce

Ingredients:

Chlli and Seasoning Sauce

 10 Red Chilli, cut small
 8-10 glove Garlic crushed
 2 cm Ginger  grated
 2/3 cup Chicken Stock (Saved from previously boiled chicken)
1 Lemon, juiced
1 tablespoon Sweet Soy Sauce
 Sugar and salt for tasting


Method:

Blend all ingredients in food processor until fine. If you not like it too hot, remove all chilli seeds before blending.

Seasoning Sauce:

1/3 cup Chicken Stock (prepared earlier from boiling chicken)
2 tablespoons Sweet Soy Sauce
3 tablespoons Soy Sauce


Method:

Mix all together in a bowl

Serving:
 
Cucumber, spring onion. Cut sliced

Cut the cooked chicken and plate on cucumber sliced, pour some seasoning sauce and some sesame oil drops on chicken, add spring onion on top. Serve with rice and chilli sauce.

Tips:

• Try to buy a large fatty chicken.This will result with it being moist and tender when  cooked.
• You can add some carrot, potato, onion, cabbage, tomato...to cook a pot of Vgetable Soup with the leftover stock.
• The chicken cooking time will differ depending on the size.
•  Soaking the cooked chicken in cold water bath brings out the flavour of the chicken in this simple dish.

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  Hainanese Chicken Rice