Hainanese Chicken Rice

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4-5 People)

To blanch & pouch the chicken

Organic whole chicken 3-4 lb

• 1.5 tbsp of sea salt to rub the chicken skin (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/pure-sea-salt)
• Water as needed I used 5 liters to blanch, then use 2.5 liters to poach
• 3 scallions
• 2 inches of ginger sliced thinly
• Pandan leaves, optional
• Lemon grass, optional
• Ice water as needed
• 1 tbsp of sesame oil to brush the chicken (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/roasted-sesame-oil)
• 1/8 tsp of turmeric powder for the color, optional (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/turmeric-powder)

To cook the rice

• 2 cups of jasmine rice (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/jasmine-rice)
• 2 tbsp of the chicken fat that we reserved or other types of cooking oil
• 3 tbsp of shallot
• 1 tbsp of garlic
• 1/2 tbsp of ginger
• 2.5 cups of the broth that we pouched the chicken with
• 1/2 tsp of salt (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/pure-sea-salt)

For the chili sauce

• 10 cloves of Garlic
• 1 inch of Ginger
• 3.5 oz of red chili
• 3 Thai bird eye chili
• 4 tbsp Fish sauce (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/fish-sauce)
• 3 tbsp Lime juice
• 1 tbsp of sugar
• 1.5 tbsp Chicken broth optional

For the ginger scallion sauce

• 1/3 cup of diced scallion
• 2.5 tbsp of grated ginger
• 3/4 tsp of salt
• 2.5 tbsp of vegetable oil

For the sweet soy sauce

• 3 tbsp Soy sauce
• 2 tbsp of dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp palm sugar finely shaved
• 1.5 tsp of Sesame oil

To make the soup

• The broth that we pouched the chicken with
• 6 oz of a cabbage
• 3 oz of carrot slices
• 2 tsp of salt

Others

• Cilantro as garnish
• Cucumber slices