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Easy Hainanese Chicken Rice

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Easy Hainanese Chicken Rice

Singapore's Hainanese chicken rice — chicken gently poached rather than boiled, then the rice cooked directly in that reserved broth so it carries all the flavour.

Total time
60 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
45 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Singaporean
gluten-freehigh-protein

Ingredients

1.5kgwhole chicken
3 cupsrice
to tasteginger and garlic

Instructions

1

Gently poach chicken with ginger until just cooked.

2

Reserve the poaching broth.

3

Cook rice in the chicken broth with garlic and ginger.

4

Slice chicken, serve over rice with chili sauce and the broth as soup.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
1037
Protein
106g
Fat
41.8g
Carbs
49.7g
Fiber
0.7g
Sodium
321mg

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