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Hainanese Chicken Rice

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Servings: 4
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Chicken Rice
  • 400 g rice
  • Reserved chicken jus / essence + enough chicken stock to make 1 liter
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 4 shallots
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 1 thumb ginger peeled
  • 2 pandan leaves knotted
  • 1 lemongrass bruised and cut into parts
  • salt to taste
Chilli Sauce
  • 3 chilli padi seeded
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 inch thumb ginger
  • ΒΌ teaspoon sugar
  • 4-5 tablespoon chicken broth

Method
 

Chicken Rice
  1. Rinse rice in rice basket.
  2. Add garlic, shallots, and ginger into the jar with knife blade on.
  3. Process at speed 6 for 20 seconds, scrap down with spatula and process again at speed 6 for 10 seconds.
  4. Scrap down sides with spatula, add sesame oil.
  5. Saute at 100C, speed 2 for 2 minutes.
  6. Add rice, season with salt, and saute at 100C, speed 2 for 2 minutes.
  7. Pour rice into rice basket.
  8. Pour the reserved chicken jus/essence and top up with enough chicken stock till 1 liter mark.
  9. Insert rice basket into jar, top with lemongrass, and pandan leaves.
  10. Then cook at 125C, speed 2, 18 minutes or until rice is done.
  11. Remove rice basket and set it on a plate to rest.
  12. The rice will look slightly wet at first but will firm up when rested.
Chilli Sauce
  1. Blend together garlic all the ingredients on speed 6, 20-30 seconds.

Notes

Process garlic, ginger, and shallot until you get a rough paste.
Saute spices with sesame oil in a frying pan.
Add rice and saute for 2-3 minutes.
Transfer rice to rice cooker and add enough reserved jus + chicken stock to cook rice.
Top with lemongrass, and pandan leaves.
Cook as per rice cooker setting.