Name: Hainanese Chicken Rice
Cuisine: Singapore
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons reserved chicken fat, chopped, or 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil (or other neutral oil); ¼ cup pureed fresh ginger; ¼ cup soy sauce; 5 Fresno chili peppers, stems and seeds removed, roughly chopped; 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil, divided; 2 garlic cloves; 2 (2 ½ to 3 pound) whole chickens, trimmed of excess fat; 1 head garlic, sliced in half, divided; Juice of 1 lemon; 2 cups jasmine rice, rinsed; 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil (or other neutral oil); Kosher salt; 2 cups reserved chicken poaching water; 2 bunches of scallions, divided; 1 to 2 tablespoons toasted white sesame seeds; 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 3 tablespoons toasted sesame oil; ¼ cup sliced fresh ginger, divided

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Egg & Chicken

By Grant MacPherson

Published 2022

About

You get a beautiful and complete meal with this national Singapore chicken dish. It’s another deeply comforting jet lag or you-stayed-out-too-late dish, much like my Chicken Congee & Chinese Doughnut Sticks. I really like how when you poach chicken, as I have you do here, it ends up so soft and moist. Make this for a loved one when they’re feeling bit under the weather and they’ll be so grateful.