Chicken Rice

Can this be called "Hainanese Chicken Rice"?I'm not so sure,but one thing for sure,I can only called it "My Chicken Rice"Not" Singapore Chicken Rice "either!Not a copied recipe,but my own.

How to do?

First,buy one whole chicken from the market,go home and rub the body with coarse salt,all over the skin,everywhere to have a more smooth and firm skin.Other people used korsher salt,but I don't know what's that.Then rinse it off with cold running water.Next,fill a pot with enough water to cover the chicken and boil till it's cooked.Take it out and immerse in a large basin of prepared ice cold water.I think you don't have to do this if you don't like eating the skin and leaving the skin out.You know.sometimes,I leave the skin out.Skin contains too much fat,making the soup very oily and I don't like that.Have the skin on only when you're doing it for business.Skin looks more beautiful,but always remembered,they are too fat and no good for your diet.You wouldn't want soup that is very oily too,don't you?Keep the soup to make broth of your own choice.Mostly,I made salted vegetables or szechuan soup.Decorate your chicken rice with some cucumbers or even tomatoes.Dip your chicken slices with pounded chilli sauce.I love the chilli sauce with vinegar and garlic in it.

Recipe;

1 whole chicken with leg

some coarse salt enough for rubbing the chicken skin

2 pieces of chicken stock(crushed)

2 tablespoon of butter

2 cups of any brand of rice you like

sesame oil

2 small piece of garlics

Chilli paste:

2 red chillies

1 tbsp vinegar(can put more if not enough)

3 small pieces of garlics

Garnishing:

cucumbers

tomatoes(optional)

Method:

Rub the chicken skin with coarse salt,all over,from top to toe.Rinse the salt away.Wash the chicken very clean.

Fill the pot full of water enough to cover the whole chicken.Cover the pot.Wait for the chicken to get cooked.While waiting,wash the rice and make the chilli paste.

Wash the chilli clean.Pound it or grind it with a mixer together with the garlics.Add in the vinegar.Leave aside for later use.

Get back to check the chicken.When done,take it out and immersed into the basin of ice water.

Cook the rice:

Take a wok ,add in the butter ,garlics and put the already washed rice in.Add in the crushed chicken stock and fry till fragrant and looks a little yellow.Put into the pot of a rice cooker.Take 11/2 cup of the chicken soup into the rice and cooked.Cook according to the way you always cooked your rice.Some rice differ with water.It's best that you know how to cooked your own rice.

To make the soup:

The soup can be anything of your choice,szechuan or salted vegetables is best.

To serve:

Take out the rice by using a small bowl and put it onto the plate.(you'll notice the shape of the bowl)Cut some chicken pieces and arrange on your plate together with 5-6 cucumbers or tomatoes.Dash some sesame oil on the chicken.Serve also with the soup and dip your chicken slices with chilli paste or mix the chilli paste with the rice.It is nice.Enjoy!