How To Prepare Must-Try Hainanese Chicken Rice ?

Preparation: 

Preparation time: 40 mins

Cooking time: 1 hr 32 mins

Serving: 4

Ingredients:

 For the Chicken:

• 1 whole chicken
• 1 stalk spring onion (Optional)
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed, or to taste
• 1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger root (Optional)
• water to cover
• salt to taste

 For the Soy Sauce:

• 5 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 1 ½ tablespoons white sugar, or to taste
• 1 tablespoon garlic oil (Optional)
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

 For the Rice:

• 3 cups uncooked rice, or more to taste
• 3 cloves garlic, minced, or to taste
• 1 (1 inch) piece ginger, crushed (Optional)
• salt to taste

 For the Garlic Chile Dip:

• 5 red chile peppers, seeded and chopped
• 2 limes, juiced
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 (1/2 inch) piece ginger (Optional)
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch white sugar, or to taste

 Ginger Dip:

• 2 limes, juiced
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 (1 inch) piece of young ginger (Optional)
• ⅛ teaspoon salt

Instructions:

1. Trim chicken of all excess fat, reserving fat.
2. Place chicken, spring onion, 3 cloves crushed garlic, and one 1-inch piece of ginger in a large pot. Pour in enough water to cover. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer, skimming any scum off the surface, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 1 hour.
3. Remove chicken from the pot, reserving broth. Rub chicken with salt. Chop into pieces and arrange on a serving plate.
4. Combine soy sauce, 3 tablespoons reserved chicken broth, 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, garlic oil, and sesame oil in a small bowl. Drizzle over chicken pieces.
5. Melt reserved chicken fat in a large pot over medium heat. Add rice, 3 cloves minced garlic, crushed 1-inch piece ginger, and salt; cook and stir until rice is glossy and fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
6. Pour enough reserved chicken broth into the pot to cover the rice by half an inch. Cover; bring to a boil. Cook until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Let rice sit, covered, for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
7. Combine red chile peppers, juice of 2 limes, 2 tablespoons reserved chicken broth, 3 cloves garlic, one 1/2-inch piece ginger, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1 pinch sugar in a blender; blend until garlic chile dip is smooth.
8. Combine the juice of 2 limes, 2 tablespoons reserved chicken broth, 3 cloves garlic, one 1-inch piece of ginger, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a blender; blend until ginger dip is smooth.
9. Serve garlic chile and ginger dips alongside chicken and rice.

Posted by Coba Grills and we thank Allrecipes for this delicious recipe and the recipe link https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/246922/must-try-hainanese-chicken-rice/