Hainan Chicken Rice

Chicken Rice 

Spices :
2 pcs Chicken fat (in total about 2.5 tbsp size)
4 big pcs Screw pine leaf (Daun Pandan) cut into small strip
2" size Ginger (pounded till fine)
1 big pc   Garlic (pounded)
2 - 3 pcs Shallot (pounded)

Ingredients:
4 cups Rice
3 3/4 cups Chicken soup
Salt to taste (4 cups of rice = 5 tsp salt which in use @ home)
12 pcs    Screw pine leaf (Daun Pandan) cut into long strip

Next try : add 1 lemon grass (pounded finely)

Method:

1)  Fry chicken fat with shallot oil to get chicken oil.
2)  Add-in strip screw pine leaf continue fry till fragrant,
     dish out the leaf and throw away.
3)  Use the oil to stir-fry the ginger, follow by shallot then
     garlic till crispy and golden in colour.
4)  Cook the rice with chicken soup, salt, screw pine leaf and fried spices.
5)  Take away the screw pine leaf, stir the cooked rice with
     chopstick once the rice is cook.

Chicken preparation:

        1)  Clean the chicken(1.8kg) and dry well.
        2)  Marinate with 5 tsp of salt for over night.
        3)  Boil a pot of water which enough to cover the whole chicken.
        4)  Add some salt which tasty enough.
        5)  Add-in chicken and cook till water boil. Cover and turn off the heat.
        6)  Allow the chicken to immerse for 15 minutes. Dish out the chicken
             and make 2 holes on both chicken thigh with chopstick.
        7)  Put the chicken back to the pot and heating up the water till almost boil.
        8)  Turn off the heat and let the chicken immerse for 50 minutes.
        9)  Dish out the chicken and soak into cold running water for 15 minutes.
       10)  For chicken sauce; mix enough oyster sauce, sugar, soya sauce,
              sesame oil and bit of chicken soup.
       11) Arrange the skinless cucumber on the serving plate then
             chopped chicken.
       12) Sprinkle some chopped coriander leaf, spring onion then
              pour the sauce on the chicken before serve.

Dipping Sauce ingredients:

1)    Fried Chopped Garlic / Fried Pounded Young Ginger

2)  Chopped  Spring Onion / Chopped Coriander Leaf

3)    Soya sauce to taste

4)    Oyster sauce to taste

5)    Sugar to taste

6)    Bit of chicken soup

Mix all ingredients and serve.

Chilli Sauce ingredients:

1)    Fresh chili

2)  Bit of garlic

3)  Bit of Ginger

4)    Salt

5)    Sugar

6)    Calamansi lime juice

7)    Bit of chicken soup

Blend chili, garlic and ginger till very fine. Add in salt, sugar, calamansi lime juice and bit of chicken soup then mix well.