Hainanese Chicken Rice/Poached Chicken Rice Delicious Recipes

I will always ask Diana what she wants me to cook for her whenever she comes home on the weekend. Last week she wanted me to teach her how to make Hainanese Chicken Rice. For this dish I personally prefer roast chicken rather than poach as I find poach chicken rather tasteless. With the temperature soaring up to 105 degree F it is a good idea to cook this as I don't have to spend too much time in the kitchen.


Ingredients For Chicken:

1 chicken (about 2.5 pound) preferably organic or free range chicken
2 spring onions
1 large piece of ginger, smashed
3 cloves garlic
1 tsp salt
1 tsp of pepper
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp of light sauce sauce


Garnish :Cucumber - slice
Tomato - slice
Spring Onion and coriander - thinly slice

1. Wash chicken and remove excess fat. Stuff chicken with spring onion, ginger and garlic.
2. Fill a big pot with water and make sure the level is enough to immerse the chicken. Bring to boil and put in the chicken and cook over low heat for 45 minutes or until the chicken is cooked (depend on the size)
3. Remove chicken and drain the liquid from the cavity and plunge the chicken into cold water for 5 minutes. Drain well. In a small bowl mixed sesame oil, salt, pepper and light soy sauce and rub it all over the chicken. Set aside.

Ingredients For Chicken Rice:2 cups of Jasmine rice
2 cloves of garlic
1 small piece ginger, smashed
2 pandan leaves, knotted
chicken stock (the poaching liquid)
1 tsp salt

1. Wash rice, drain in a colander and leave to stand for 10 minutes.
2. Transfer rice to rice cooker and add in the chicken stock (enough to cook the rice), pandan leaves, ginger, garlic and salt. When the rice is done remove the garlic, ginger and pandan leaves.

For the Chili Sauce :
5 fresh red chillies
2 " of fresh ginger
4 cloves of garlic
juice of 2 lime
4 tbsp of vinegar
2 tsp of sugar
some salt

Put everything in a blender and blend until smooth.


To serve :

1. Cut Chicken into bite-size pieces and serve with sliced cucumber, tomatoes, coriander leaves and spring onion. Serve it with warm rice and soup (from the poach chicken)