80/20: Rice Cooker Hainanese Chicken & Rice

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Directions

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• Step 1
  Place chicken thighs in a mixing bowl and season with sesame oil and salt.
  • 2 chicken thighs (450 g)
  • 2 tsp sesame oil (5 g)
  • 1/4 tsp salt (1.50 g)
• Step 2
  Add jasmine rice, garlic, ginger, green onion, chicken bone broth, chicken bouillon, and turmeric powder into your rice cooker bowl.
  • 2 cup jasmine rice (370 g)
  • 6 clove garlic, minced or grated (10 g)
  • 1/2 inch ginger, minced or grated (10 g)
  • 2 green onions, chopped (20 g)
  • 2 cup chicken broth (480 g)
  • 1 tsp chicken bouillon powder (5 g)
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (5 g)
    (optional)
• Step 3
  Place chicken thighs on top of the rice.
  • 2 chicken thighs (450 g)
• Step 4
  Run your rice cooker settings for white rice.
• Step 5
  While your chicken and rice are cooking, prepare your sauces. We'll start with the ginger scallion sauce. Sart by adding ginger, green onion and salt into a bowl.
  • 1/2 inch ginger, minced or grated (10 g)
  • 1 green onion, minced (10 g)
  • salt
    (to taste)
• Step 6
  Heat the sesame oil and neutral oil in a pan until hot. I usually heat the oil until I start to see the oil start to shimmer or produce the first whisp of smoke. Please watch over the oil while doing this step to avoid accidentally starting a fire
  • 1 tsp sesame oil (3 g)
  • 3 tbsp neutral oil (30 g)
• Step 7
  Pour hot oil into the bowl with the rest of the ginger scallion sauce and mix.
• Step 8
  To make the chili sauce, add garlic, ginger, sambal, sriracha, chicken broth, lime juice, and sugar into a bowl and mix.
  • 6 clove garlic, minced or grated (10 g)
  • 1/2 inch ginger, minced or grated (10 g)
  • 2 tbsp sambal (25 g)
  • 2 tbsp sriracha (25 g)
  • 2 tbsp chicken broth (20 g)
  • 1 tbsp lime juice (5 g)
  • 2 tsp sugar (9 g)
• Step 9
  When the rice cooker is done, take the chicken out and cut into slices or serve as is. Plate up a scoop of ginger garlic rice with chicken, the sauces, and optional toppings like green onion, cilantro, and / or cucumbers.
  • 1 cucumber, sliced (100 g)
    (optional)
  • cilantro, to taste
    (optional)
  • green onion, to taste
    (optional)

Per serving