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Hainan chicken rice is one of Singapore’s national dishes; it consists of poached chicken and seasoned steamed rice served with a chili sauce, chicken soy sauce, and sometimes cucumber slices.

A Hainan chicken rice set is my lunch staple when I lived in Malaysia. It’s no exaggeration that I ate Hainan chicken rice for half the week, and no wonder, it’s cheap and very delicious.

I rely on this easy recipe to recreate my favorite chicken and rice dish in my reliable rice cooker. Simplicity will convince you to make this dish regularly, maybe even a ritual once a week. 😉

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Ingredients for Hainan chicken rice and sauces

1. Hainan Chicken Rice

We need rice (preferably Thai jasmine rice), chicken broth, chicken thighs, garlic, ginger, scallions, salt and sesame oil

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2. Garlic and ginger sauce and chili

We need red chilies, garlic, ginger, chicken broth, rice vinegar, lemon juice, salt and sugar.

3. Soy sauce for chicken This sauce is a simple mixture of light soy sauce

and water. Drizzle this sauce over the cooked chicken before serving to improve its flavor.

How to cook Hainan chicken rice in a rice cooker

1. Marinate chicken

Start by marinating chicken thighs with grated ginger, shredded garlic, chopped scallions, salt and sesame oil

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2. Rinse

the rice several times with cold tap water until the water comes out clear before draining.

3. Fry garlic and ginger

Heat about a tablespoon of sesame oil in a pan and fry some bruised garlic and ginger until fragrant

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4. Cook in a

rice cooker Place the rice

in the rice cooker, top with chicken broth, add fried garlic and ginger, as well as marinated chicken thighs.

Cook with the regular “white rice” setting. Use the “cook” feature if you have the most basic rice cooker.

Rest another 15 minutes without opening the lid of the rice cooker once the light has been turned on to “keep warm.”

After 15 minutes, open the lid, transfer the chicken to a serving plate, fluff the rice and transfer it to a serving bowl. Serve with chili sauce and soy sauce for chicken.

Ingredients for Hainan chicken rice chili sauce (

Prepare

chili sauce and soy sauce for chicken

1. Garlic

and ginger sauce and chili

Use a food processor to puree red chili peppers, garlic, ginger, salt, sugar, rice vinegar, lemon juice, and chicken broth in a mild

sauce.

Every lime is different, so you’ll need to adjust the amount of salt and sugar to suit your taste each time you prepare this sauce.

2. Soy sauce for chicken This sauce is a simple mixture of light soy sauce

with water. You will need the same amount for both ingredients.

I highly recommend choosing a good quality Chinese light soy sauce for this as you will be able to taste the difference. My favorite light soy sauce is Pearl River Bridge or Kimlan.

Rice cooker

and use of other chicken cuts My rice cooker

is the Aroma 20 cup cooked model (10 cup uncooked). I’m sure you can use other rice cooker models for this recipe as it’s super basic and doesn’t require any fancy features.

If you are not a big fan of chicken thighs, you can use 8-10 pieces of chicken wings. I suggest separating each wing into drummettes and wingettes and saving the tips of the wings to cook chicken broth.

Other rice cooker recipes

To get the most out of your rice cooker, why not try my other rice cooker recipes?

• No Mi Fan – Tasty Clay Pot of Rice Sticky

Chicken Five

• Spice

Rice

• Ketupat
• Nasi Liwet

For the more adventurous, you may even want to try making desserts in your rice cooker.

• Red bean paste

banana

• cake
• Upside down glazed honey Upside-down apple pie Pineapple pie

When serving,