Ingredients

• Traditionally made with 1 whole chicken, I used 6 chicken thighs because I served it to friends, and to avoid any arguments about getting the best part of the chicken. Chicken breast with skin  works too.
• 1 ginger, sliced
• a bunch of scallions, cut in long slices, set aside thinly sliced ones as well for garnishing
• 6 cloves of garlic, lightly smashed
• 6-8 cups of water or enough to cover your chicken.
• Salt, both for rubbing the chicken with and to taste
• 4-6 cups of rice. Quantity of rice depends on you.
• Sesame oil
• 1 cucumber thinly sliced

Instructions

Chicken

1. First, Bring a large pot of water to a boil and remove the excess skin of your chicken and put it to the side. Do not throw it away!
2. Next, take your chicken, whether or not you opted for a whole bird or just used any of its body parts, you'll want to rub it down heavily with salt. Give the chicken a good massage and then rinse it thoroughly.
3. Place your newly exfoliated chicken into the boiling water and let it cook. Skimming off any scum that rises to the top.
4. Afterwards, add in your sliced ginger, scallions, and crushed garlic and let simmer. Add in a pinch of salt until it reaches your desired taste.
5. Once chicken has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit (74C), take it out and rub it with sesame oil. Set aside as you cook the rice.

Hainanese Rice

1. Now, while all of that is happening, take the excess chicken skin and chop it into smaller bits. On medium heat and into a frying pan it goes! You want to render all that fat so that the skin crisps up.
2. Once crispy, add in a small knob of grated ginger, about 3 cloves of minced garlic, and 1 minced shallot.
3. When everything is cooked, set aside.
4. Next, take 4-6 cups of rice and wash thoroughly.
5. When your chicken is finished cooking in the broth, take about 7 cups of your soup and pour it into the awaiting rice. Also add in your crispy chicken skin into the mix and stir. 
6. Let rice cook fully, and then mix it around.

Assemble

1. Nothing complicated about this part really. Serve your chicken however your want, usually the breast is sliced into large pieces. Add in a cup of hot and steaming Hainanese rice, with a bowl of hot soup on the side. Optionally you can garnish with cucumber slices and top the whole affair with thinly sliced scallions.

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• chicken-rice
• chicken
• rice