Hainanese Chinese Rice

Serves 4-6


Ingredients:

1 (1.5kg) chicken
6 cloves garlic
2 pieces ginger
2 tsp salt
2-3 tbsp sesame oil
1 cucumber, halved lengthwise & diagonally sliced

Rice:
3 cups (460g) rice
1 tbsp onions, chopped
2 tsp salt
3 tbsp sesame oil
chicken stock
6 pandan leaves, tied into a knot

Sauce:
2-3 red chillies
3 cloves garlic
1 thumb-size piece ginger
juice of 4 small limes
2 tsp sugar
a little salt


Method:

1. Clean chicken. Put garlic and ginger inside chicken.
2. Pour enough boiling water into pan or pot to cover chicken. Boil and simmer chicken for 25-30 minutes. Keep flame to medium heat. Do not cover pot otherwise chicken may be too tough. Turn chicken over occasionally. Cook well but do not overcook.
3. When cooked, remove chicken from water. Season with salt and sesame oil and cut into pieces.
4. Arrange chicken on a bed of cucumber slices. Garnish with coriander and parsley if desired.
5. To cook rice: Wash rice and drain. Heat sesame oil in pan. Fry onions till light golden brown. Add rice and stir-fry for about 1 minute. Put rice in pot. Add sesame oil, salt, pandan leaves and stir well. Add enough chicken stock to cover it and cook well.
6. To make sauce: Cut chillies and remove seeds. Pound chillies, garlic and ginger finely and add a little salt. Mix well with lime juice and sugar.