海南鸡饭 Hainan Chicken Rice

MAIN INGREDIENTS Long grain rice
Medium size chicken
Young ginger – shredded very fine
Garlic – shredded very fine
Cloves – few pieces depending on volume of rice
Cinanamon sticks – 1 0r 2 sticks depending on volume of rice
Pandan leaves – for soup and rice
Lettuce or Chinese lettuce

PREPARATION & COOKING OF CHICKEN:
Clean and rub salt to chicken.
Stuff chicken with pandan leaves and ginger – close opening
Cook chicken, breast down, 30 to 40 minutes. Do not over cook.
Take out chicken from the pot and leave stock.
Transfer chicken in a container and drench with ice cold water to create springy texture.
When the chicken is taken out of the pot, add lettuce or equivalent to chicken stock and turn off heat. Do not cook lettuce.

PREPARATION AND COOKING OF RICE:
01.Fry shredded ginger and garlic in oil till golden and fragrant.
02.Wash rice and pour chicken stock, same measurement as when cooking ordinary rice
03.Add fried ginger and garlic with cinnamon and cloves, take out oil
04.Add pandan leaves when rice boils
05.Discart the pandan, cloves and cinnamon stick when the rice is done.

CHILI SAUCE INGREDIENTS Fish sauce
Sugar
Red chillies
Young ginger
Lime or equivalent
Garlic
Vinegar

Grind garlic and ginger with mortar and pestle until fine (you can use blender depending on the quantity you are making). Add vinegar, fish sauce, lime and sugar to taste.

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