Singapore Chicken Rice (Khao Man Kai)
- 3 to 4 Chicken (thigh or breast, either are fine)
- 3 cm unpeeled Ginger
- 2 clove Garlic
- 1 to 2 stalks Japanese leek (green part)
- 2 tbsp Sake
- 1 tsp Salt
- 360 ml Uncooked rice (jasmine rice, etc.)
- 2 tbsp Pasta cooking water
- 2 tbsp Fish sauce
- 1 piece, finely chopped Ginger for the poaching water
- 1 piece, finely chopped Ginger
- 1 dash Coriander (fresh or dried)
- 1 dash Sesame oil
- 1 pinch Sugar
- 1 Cucumber, tomato, lettuce, etc.
- 1 Storebought sweet chili sauce
- Put all the ingredients in a pan, add lots of water, and start cooking.
- (Remove any scum that rises diligently.)
- When the water comes to a rolling boil, turn the heat off immediately and leave the pan as-is for about 30 minutes.
- Use some of the poaching liquid to cook the rice in a rice cooker.
- Add some fish sauce, salt and pepper to taste to the rice.
- Combine the fish sauce-based sauce ingredients.
- Slice the chicken just before serving.
- To make a soup with the poaching liquid: Heat the liquid up in a small pan, and season with nam pla, salt and pepper.
- A little lemon juice is delicious too.
- Eat the chicken and rice in any way you like.
- Try mixing the chicken, rice and sauce together - delicious!
chicken, ginger, clove garlic, stalks japanese, sake, salt, rice, pasta cooking water, sauce, ginger, ginger, coriander, sesame oil, sugar, cucumber, sweet chili sauce
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/151199-singapore-chicken-rice-khao-man-kai (may not work)