Chicken Rice which is locally known as “Ji Fan “ or “Sau Ji Fan” is a very popular main course meal that consist of roast chicken with steamed chicken rice and slices of cucumbers.
There are 2 types of Chicken Rice sold in the restaurant; mainly:
– Roast chicken
-Hainanese chicken ( white Chicken)
Roast chicken flesh is tender soft with roasted brownish crispy a bit salty skin ( attached to the chicken fats ) that most consumers loved best.
The only disadvantage is the roasted skin is quite oily, high in cholesterol and calories but extremely delicious!
Hainanese chicken is also fondly known as White Chicken ( Bai Ji ) which the flesh is also tenderly soft with white original chicken skin color.
The skin is boiled in large amount of water until it is so soft alike silken tofu without oil which is much suitable for weight watchers.
It is lower in cholesterol, lower in calories and less oil compare to roast chicken.
Hence, it is less salty which is the reason why it is not highly sought in the market.
You could rarely see Chicken Rice stall selling Hainanese Chicken Rice ( known as Bai Zhang Ji or Hainan Ji Fan in Chinese ) because it is not flavorable or tasty as Roast Chicken Rice.
However in this post, I would strongly recommend you to try Hainanese Chicken Rice instead of Roast Chicken Rice for healthier eating purpose.
Although the taste of Roast Chicken Rice is so addictive and filling for lunch or dinner that the popularity of the chicken dish is almost found any corner of the street in Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, China, where most Chinese community are located in the world, Hainanese Chicken is widely sought by ladies, weight watchers and elderly folks due to its benefits; less in fats and cholesterol.
The Hainanese Chicken is served is fragrant rice which is cooked with the fats and essence (juice) dropped from the roast chicken.
However, this method of cooking the rice is not a healthy option due to the fats involved.
Instead , use water, chicken stock cube, mixed with chopped ginger and garlic to enhance the flavor of the plain rice into Fragrant Chicken Rice.
You can choose which part of the steamed chicken you wanted for your meal; chicken wings, drumsticks, breast or any parts when you dine out at the roadside stall, food court of Chicken Rice shop.
It is often serve with side dish such as blanched Pak choy with crispy garlic, braised eggs, braised tofu, chicken livers, Handmade Garlic Chillie Sauce and Slices of cucumber with spring onions or Chinese celery as the light salad.
Hainanese Chicken Rice must drizzle with the special sauce mixture which is a combination of black sauce, light soy sauce and sesame oil to enhance the flavor of the roast chicken.
-1 chicken- cleaned
– 2 tsp sesame oil
-1 tsp light soy sauce
-1 cube chicken stock ( Knorr)
-2 cups of rice
-4 cloves garlic
-2 tbsp oil
-2 tbsp salt
– 5 red chillies
-3 cm ginger-chopped
-1 tbsp tomato sauce
-1 tbsp white vinegar
-1 clove garlic
Tips
To serve the Hainanese Chicken Rice into individual plates, cut the chicken into reasonable slices, served with the fragrant chicken rice, chilli saue and a bowl of the chicken stock from the boiled chicken.
Garnish with crispy shallots and chopped spring onions.
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