Chicken Rice

Ingredients

• Chicken
• 1 kg whole chicken
• 1 onion, quarted
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 4-5 ginger slices
• 2 green onion, chopped
• 1 tbsp sesame oil (rub)
• 3-4 pandan leaves, bundled
• 1.5 L water
• Salt and pepper
• 1 basin ice water
• Rice
• 1 1/2 cup uncooked long grain rice
• 2 tbsp oil chicken fat
• 1 tbsp grated garlic
• 1 tbsp grated ginger
• 3-4 pandan leaves, bundled
• 2 cups chicken stock
• Salt, Pepper, Msg
• Garlic oil
• 1/4 cup oil
• 8-10 garlic cloves, grared
• Soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 3 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 3 tbsp chicken stock
• Chili sauce
• 3 long chili
• 6 chili padi
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/3 cup chicken stock
• 1 tbsp rice vineger
• 1 tbsp chili sauce
• 2-3 cm ginger
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/2-1 tsp salt
• Msg/stock powder

Instructions

1. 1

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2. 2

   Trim out some chicken fat, set a side

3. 3

   Chicken: in a pot, bring water to a boil, Dunk the whole chicken in and out for 3-4 times before immerse into the water

4. 4

   Throw in salt, pepper, garlic, onion, green onion, ginger and pandan leaves, cover and cook the chicken for 10-15 mins over low heat

5. 5

   Off the heat and let the chicken sit in the hot water for another 25-30 mins, with the lid on

6. 6

   Take out chicken and immediately dunk it in the ice water for 20 min, then rub chicken with sesame oil

7. 7

   Strain the chicken stock, discard spices

8. 8

   Rice: in a pot, heat oil and render out chicken fat, stir in garlic and ginger until golden then add rice, stir for a min then add seasonings and chicken stock, bring it to a boil, add pandan leaves and cover with lid, and cook the rice for 12-15 mins, over the lowest heat.

9. 9

   Off the heat and let it sit for another 15 mins with the lid on

10. 10

    Garlic oil: heat oil, fry garlic over low flame until slightly golden and quickly remove from the heat

11. 11

    Chili sauce: Blend chili sauce ingredients in a blender until smooth

12. 12

    Mix all soy sauce ingredients in a bowl

13. 13

    Serve chicken rice with all the sides