Chinese Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe: Rice With Juicy Chicken
Hainanese-style chicken rice is a popular rice item in China. But the popularity crosses the border and people from every part of the world love this rice recipe. My this blog is going to be dedicated to making Hainanese chicken rice recipe.
Before I start, I want to caution you. This is going to be a long recipe with some parts, so carefully read each part of the recipe to get the perfect outcome. So, without any delay, let’s start the healthy Chinese-style chicken rice recipe.
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Chinese Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe Review
Every recipe has some vital value that we need to know before start making that. Here is vital information about the Chinese Hainanese chicken rice recipe. Carefully check them before you try this recipe at home.
| Course: Main | Cuisine: Chinese | Difficulty: Hard | ||
| Total Time: 1 Hour | ||||
| Serving | Preparation Time | Cooking Time | Calories | |
| 4 people | 10 Minutes | 50 Minutes | 400 | |
Equipment Needed For Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe
This is one of the tough recipes that I published in my blog. This chicken rice recipe has many parts. To complete each part, you need different utensils. So, the list is going to be long.
- One Cooking Pan
- One Ladle
- One Medium Bowl
- One Fork
- One Frypan
- Two Small Mixing Bowls
- Measuring Spoons and Cups
- One Chopping Board
- One Chopper
- One Serving Plate
Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe Ingredients
We have seen the long list of utensils. Here is the list of ingredients that we need to complete this recipe. Like utensils, the list of ingredients is also going to be long. But don’t worry, all are very common ingredients. Almost every kitchen has these items.
- Chicken: 500 g (Take only the cavity of the chicken)
- Green Onion: 8 slices (Finger-size slice)
- Ginger: 1.5 Square Inch
- Garlic: 7-8 cloves
- Salt: 1.5 tbsp
- Water: 700ml (Just ensure every ingredient sinks underwater)
- Ice Cubes: 2 cups
- Oil: 2 tbsp
- Rice: 300g (Uncooked rice)
- Green Onion: ½ cup (chopped)
- Garlic: 1 tbsp (minced)
- Ginger: 1 tbsp (minced)
- Sugar: 2 ½ tbsp
- Oil: ⅔ cup (Boiling Oil)
- Chili Garlic Sauce: 2 tbsp
- Vinegar: 1 tbsp
- Cucumber: 1 pc (Sliced)
Instructions For Chinese Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe
This recipe is going to be long and separated into some parts. So, I will try to make things short. In some cases, I kept some ingredients ready. So, if you feel some unclearity and become confused, please comment below. I will answer your comment within a few hours.
Step 1: Prepare the Chicken and Broth
Take a deep cooking pan and place 3 or 4 big-size chicken pieces inside it. The chicken should be the cavity part only. There should be no bone. Then add finger-sized green onion, 7-10 cloves garlic, and ginger around 1.5 square inches. But ginger should be cut into small pieces. Add ½ tbsp salt and around 700ml water. The water amount should cover other ingredients.
Step 2: Boil the Chicken
Now start boiling everything together covering with lid. After 20-30 minutes of cooking, take a ladle and remove the white foam from the water as much as possible. Cook again until the chicken is cooked inside.
Step 3: Cool the Chicken
Now take a large bowl and add ice cubes in it with some water. Bring the chicken pieces from the cooking pan to this icy water. This will make the chicken pieces cook and make them juicy.
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Now remove chicken skin from the piece. After 1 minute of cooling, remove the chicken from the water and drain the water.
Step 4: Fry the Chicken Skins and Cook Rice
Take a frypan and add 2 tbsp of cooking oil. Put the removed skins in the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Now pour the uncooked rice. The rice should be well-washed before.
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After another 1 minute of frying the rice, add chicken broth to the pan to cook the rice. (Chicken broth means the water where we boiled the chicken pieces).
Step 5: Prepare Ginger Scallion Sauce
While the rice is being cooked, let’s make the necessary sauce. Take a small mixing bowl. Add ½ cup of chopped green onion, 1 tbsp minced garlic, 1 tbsp minced ginger, ½ tbsp sugar, ½ tbsp salt, and ⅔ tbsp boiling oil. Now mix everything together. This will make a delicious ginger scallion sauce.
Step 6: Prepare Chili Garlic Sauce
We will need another sauce to serve the dish and get the best taste. Take another small mixing bowl and add 2 tbsp of chili garlic sauce, 2 tbsp sugar, and 1 tbsp vinegar. Now mix everything together.
Step 7: Slice and Serve the Chicken
Let’s slice the chicken pieces. Take a chopping board and slice the chicken into small pieces. Take the sliced chicken into a serving plate and pour both the sauce over them. You may use a spoon to coat the chicken with sauce well.
Step 9: Serve the Dish
Now the rice should be ready. Take some rice onto a plate and add a few of the chicken slices to the plate with some cucumber slices. The plate is ready to serve.
Chinese Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Take a deep cooking pan and place 3 or 4 big-size chicken pieces inside it. The chicken should be the cavity part only. There should be no bone. Then add finger-sized green onion, 7-10 cloves garlic, and ginger around 1.5 square inches. But ginger should be cut into small pieces. Add ½ tbsp salt and around 700ml water. The water amount should cover other ingredients.
- Now start boiling everything together covering with lid. After 20-30 minutes of cooking, take a ladle and remove the white foam from the water as much as possible. Cook again until the chicken is cooked inside.
- Now take a large bowl and add ice cubes in it with some water. Bring the chicken pieces from the cooking pan to this icy water. This will make the chicken pieces cook and make them juicy.
- Now remove chicken skin from the piece. After 1 minute of cooling, remove the chicken from the water and drain the water.
- Take a frypan and add 2 tbsp of cooking oil. Put the removed skins in the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Now pour the uncooked rice. The rice should be well-washed before.
- After another 1 minute of frying the rice, add chicken broth to the pan to cook the rice. (Chicken broth means the water where we boiled the chicken pieces).
- While the rice is being cooked, let’s make the necessary sauce. Take a small mixing bowl. Add ½ cup of chopped green onion, 1 tbsp minced garlic, 1 tbsp minced ginger, ½ tbsp sugar, ½ tbsp salt, and ⅔ tbsp boiling oil. Now mix everything together. This will make a delicious ginger scallion sauce.
- We will need another sauce to serve the dish and get the best taste. Take another small mixing bowl and add 2 tbsp of chili garlic sauce, 2 tbsp sugar, and 1 tbsp vinegar. Now mix everything together.
- Let’s slice the chicken pieces. Take a chopping board and slice the chicken into small pieces. Take the sliced chicken into a serving plate and pour both the sauce over them. You may use a spoon to coat the chicken with sauce well.
- Now the rice should be ready. Take some rice onto a plate and add a few of the chicken slices to the plate with some cucumber slices. The plate is ready to serve.
Do’s and Don’ts of The Recipe
Again I am saying that there are almost 3 parts of this recipe. In each case, you have to be careful to get better results. Here are some more dos and don’ts for you to follow.
- Many of you may think that chicken broth is not of any use after boiling the chicken, but this is the main ingredient to cook the rice.
- Ensure the chicken is well cooked. The less or overcooked chicken will be loose while you cut them.
- After boiling the chicken, we took them to an icy water. But don’t keep the chicken in this water for more than 1 minute.
While cooking rice, keep the water in the perfect amount. Keep 1:2 rice and chicken broth ratio for perfect cooking. - Coat the chicken slices with sauce perfectly. Try to pour the sauce slowly and evenly over the chicken. After that, use a small spoon to do this properly.
- Salad is not mandatory. It is up to you. You may also use any other type of salad.
FAQs
Here are some questions about the recipe that will help you to know more about this and will clear your confusion while you try them at home. Let’s see these questions. If you still have any questions, you may comment below and get your answer from me.
What type of chicken is best for this recipe—dark meat or white meat?
You can use any type of meat for this recipe. But white meats are more soft and they tend to absorb the flavour of sauces. So, I think you should use white chicken meat.
Can I substitute the green onion with any other type of onion?
I think you can’t because green onion is vital in chicken broth. Also, green onion is a must for sauce. On the other hand, normal onion and green onion works completely differently. So, I think, you should not change this ingredient. If you have no other option then you may go for shallots spring onions or yellow onions.
Can I use store-bought chicken broth instead of making my own?
Yes, you can use store-bought chicken broth as a substitute, especially if you’re short on time. However, making your own broth from boiling the chicken adds extra flavor and richness to the rice, as it contains the natural juices and nutrients from the chicken pieces. If using store-bought broth, make sure to choose a low-sodium option to avoid oversalting the dish.
Last Lines
The recipe ends here. I tried to make this as clear as possible. But if you still have any questions about the recipe then you may comment below. I will try to answer these questions as soon as possible.
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