Aromatic Chicken Rice

Description

The famous Hainanese Chicken rice has become one of Malaysian's favourite rice dish.

• Serves 2.

Ingredients

Rice and chicken

• 2 cups long-grain rice, rinsed
• chicken pieces (you can use your favourite parts)
• 1 cm ginger, shredded finely
• 1 cm garlic, minced
• 3 cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 screwpine leaves
• salt to taste

Chilli sauce

• 5 fresh red chillies
• 1 cm ginger
• 1 lime
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tsp vinegar
• sugar
• soy sauce or salt

Directions

1. Cook chicken in water with screwpine leaves and salt for 20 to 30 minutes (do not overcook).
2. Remove chicken, reserving stock for rice.
3. In a saucepan, fry garlic and ginger in hot oil until golden and fragrant.
4. Add rice, cloves and cinnamon stick and fry for 2 minutes.
5. Add screwpine leaves, pour in enough chicken stock to cook rice.
6. Put ginger, red chillies and garlic in a food processor and grind.
7. Add vinegar, soy sauce/salt and sugar according to taste.
8. Squeeze a little lime before serving.
9. You should have a hot, sweet and sour sauce.
10. Serve the rice with the chicken pieces garnished with sliced cucumber and chillie sauce.