Chicken Rice

​Chicken rice for dinner..

Here’s sharing the recipe for anyone interested..

Home-cooked Chicken Rice (Using Rice Cooker)

Serves: 4-5 pax

Ingredients:

To cook rice;

3 cups rice, washed

2 tbsp Butter

6 pips garlic, minced

2 thumb size ginger, sliced

5 pandan leaves, knotted

1 bunch spring onion, knotted

Salt to taste 

A few dashes of turmeric powder (optional)

Adequate water to cook rice 

To prepare chicken thighs;

3 chicken thighs, washed thoroughly

Some sesame oil and salt, for rubbing onto chicken thighs

2” ginger, roughly pounded

1 bunch spring onion, knotted

Cucumber slices, for garnish

Methods:

1. Wash rice and add in adequate water. Add in the minced garlic, ginger slices, butter, salt, turmeric powder (if using), knotted pandan leaves and spring onion. Stir to mix. 

2. Then rub chicken thighs with salt and sesame oil. Place them on the steaming basket of the rice cooker. Top with pounded ginger and spring onion. Press ‘Cook Rice’ function. Once it is done cooking, let it set for about 10 minutes. 

3. Remove the steaming rack of chicken thighs from the rice cooker. Then remove the ginger slices, spring onion and pandan leaves from the rice. Fluff up the rice with a wooden spatula, your rice is ready now.

4. Since my adult kids don’t like steamed white chicken, I placed 2 of the steamed chicken thighs into an air-fryer. Air-fried them at 200dC for 10 minutes or until golden brown skin. 

5. Chop the air-fried chicken thighs and the steamed chicken thigh, serve on a plate, garnish with cucumber slices. Add a few dashes of soy sauce and sesame oil. Serve with the chicken rice and the chilli sauce, enjoy.

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How To Make Chicken Rice Chilli Sauce

Ingredients:

20 red chillies

6 red bird eyes chillies 

2 thumb size ginger

1 bulb garlic

2 tbsp rice vinegar

2 limes, juiced 

1-2 tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

Method:

Clean chillies and remove seeds. Cut into 1" length. Clean ginger and slice thickly. Bruise garlic and remove skin. 

Put all these ingredients with salt and sugar into a blender/mixer, and blend until almost fine. Once done, pour into a bowl. Add in vinegar and lime juice. Stir and  keep refrigerated. Ready to be served anytime.