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Hainanese Steamed Chicken

Delishar
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

Hainanese Steamed Chicken

  • 1 kg whole chicken
  • 1 tbsp chinese cooking wine
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1-2 bunch spring onion
  • 5-6 slices of ginger
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1.5 litres water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp sesame oil for brushing

Sauce to drizzle

  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1-2 tbsp soy sauce to taste
  • 4 tbsp chicken stock / left over water from steaming chicken
  • 1 tsp sugar

Instructions
 

Hainanese Steamed Chicken

  • Rinse and clean chicken.
  • Remove head and feet using your kitchen shears.
  • Lay chicken breast side down.
  • Using your kitchen shears, cut along backbone of chicken and discard (or save it to make chicken broth)
  • Flip chicken over, breast side up, spread it open, and using your palm push onto the middle of the chicken breast to break breastbone.
  • In a mixing bowl, add wine, 1 tsp sesame oil, garlic, and salt.
  • Rub the wine mixture on the cavity and outside of chicken.
  • Place the deeper vapore tray on top of the catchment tray.
  • Lay out the spring onions and ginger on the vapore tray, then place chicken breast side up on top of the spring onions and ginger. Cover tray.
  • Add 1.5L of water into the stainless steel jar with knife blade, and add 1 tsp salt.
  • Cover and set temperature to 125C for 45 minutes, speed 2.
  • The machine will start counting down.
  • At the 36 minute mark, remove the top measuring cup of the machine, and place the vapore tray on top. Be careful of the steam.
  • Allow to steam for 35 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. About 35-40 minutes.
  • Remove chicken from vapore tray, reserve jus collected in the catchment tray.
  • Brush on some sesame oil on the chicken skin.
  • Allow chicken to cool for 15 minutes before chopping.

Sauce to drizzle

  • Mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and drizzle over chicken to serve.

Notes

Prepare chicken the same way, but place seasoned chicken on stainless steel plate.
Steam over high heat for 35-40 minutes.
Drain and reserve all the jus collected on the plate for later use.
Brush on some sesame oil on the chicken skin.
Allow to cool for 15 minutes before chopping.