Hainanese Chicken Rice

==Description==
A Hainanese speciality and probably the most popular lunch in Singapore, it's boiled Chicken served with chili sauce and an aromatic rice cooked in chicken broth.
===Ingredients===
For Chicken: 
*one whole Chicken 
*salt 
*spring Onion 
*pandan leaves 
*ginger 
For rice: 
*ginger 
*garlics 
*cinammon 
*cloves 
*star anise 
*chicken broth 
*pandan leaves 
*salt 
Garnish: 
*light soya sauce 
*sesame oil 
*cucumber 
*tomatoes (optional) 
*coriander (optional) 
*lettuce (optional) 
*pineapple (optional) 
chili sauce: 
*fresh chillies 
*ginger 
*garlic 
*vinegar 
*fish sauce 
*Sugar 
*sweet soya sauce (ready as it is)
===Directions===
Boil water with spring Onion, ginger and pandan leaves, put in Chicken and cook till done, do not over cook. briefly dip in cold water and set aside to cool. Keep broth heated. 
Wash rice and drain. Finely shred ginger and garlic, fry in oil with cloves, cinammon and star anise till fragrant, add in rice and fry for several minutes. Transfer into rice cooker, add chicken broth, pinch of salt, pandan leaves and start cooking. 
Put all chili sauce ingredient in a mixer and grind till fine. 
Slice and arrange tomatoes and cucumbers on a big plate, cut Chicken into small pieces and put on top. Splash some light soya sauce and sesame oil over, throw a bunch of coriander on top. Next, Put broth in a bowl with lettuce, get ready chili sauce and sweet soya sauce. Serve rice on a plate with spoon and folk.
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==See also==
Category: Singaporean Appetizers
	Category:Appetizers Category:Recipes
Category:Chili Recipes
Category:Singaporean Recipes
category:Pineapple Recipes
category:chicken broth Recipes
category:sesame oil Recipes
category:star anise Recipes
category:pineapple Recipes
category:tomato Recipes
category:cucumber Recipes
category:Chicken Recipes
category:vinegar Recipes
category:lettuce Recipes
category:ginger Recipes
category:garlic Recipes
category:Sugar Recipes
category:granulated sugar Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:Onion Recipes
category:rice Recipes
category:salt Recipes
category:oil Recipes
category:screw pine leaf Recipes
category:soya sauce Recipes
category:chile leaf Recipes