Hainanese Chicken Rice

🥘 Ingredients

• Jasmine rice
  1 cup
• chicken broth
  1.5 cup
• chicken thighs (boneless, skin on)
  2
• garlic (minced)
  2 cloves
• ginger (minced)
  2 teaspoon
• green onions (cut into 2-3 inch pieces)
  1 stalk
• salt
  1/2 teaspoon
• scallion (thinly sliced)
  2 stalks

Optional scallion oil

• canola oil
  1/4 cup
• scallion (sliced)
  2 stalks

🍳 Cookware

• rice cooker

1. 1

   Rinse Jasmine rice in a mesh strainer. Make sure to shake out excess water well.

   Jasmine rice: 1 cup
2. 2

   Add the rice, chicken broth , garlic , ginger , green onions and salt to a rice cooker . Stir to combine.

   chicken broth: 1.5 cup, garlic: 2 cloves (minced), ginger: 2 teaspoon (minced), green onions: 1 stalk (cut into 2-3 inch pieces), salt: 1/2 teaspoon
3. 3

   Salt the chicken thighs to taste. Place chicken, skin side up, on top of the rice.

   chicken thighs: 2 (boneless, skin on)
4. 4

   Set the cooker to cook on the white rice cooking function.
5. 5

   When done, remove the chicken and cut into 1 inch pieces, lengthwise.
6. 6

   Fluff the rice with a spoon, and scoop the chicken rice onto a plate, arranging the chicken meat next to the rice.
7. 7

   Garnish the rice with scallion or add a bit of soy sauce. Serve hot with sliced cucumbers along with your favorite dipping sauce, like soy sauce or chili sauce.

   scallion: 2 stalks (thinly sliced)

Optional scallion oil

1. 1

   Heat the canola oil on medium heat.

   canola oil: 1/4 cup
2. 2

   When hot, add the scallion and stir for about ⏱️ 20 seconds .

   scallion: 2 stalks (sliced)
3. 3

   Remove from heat and spoon over the rice.