Hainanese chicken rice

Method 7 steps

1. 1

   Rub the chicken with salt inside and out and stuff the cavity with half the ginger and the spring onions.

2. 2

   Bring a pot of water to the boil, lower the whole chicken in, bring it back up and turn the heat off immediately.

3. 3

   Keep it covered for forty minutes without lifting the lid. It is done when the juices from the thigh run clear.

4. 4

   Move the chicken into iced water for ten minutes, then pat it dry and brush it with sesame oil.

5. 5

   Skim the fat from the broth, fry the chopped garlic and ginger in it, add the rinsed rice and toast it three minutes.

6. 6

   Add broth to the rice at one and a half to one, drop in the pandan leaf and cook covered for fifteen minutes.

7. 7

   Pound the chillies with garlic, ginger and lime into a sauce. Joint the chicken and serve with the rice, cucumber, sauce and a bowl of the broth.