Singapore Roasted Chicken Rice (Hainanese Chicken Rice)

This is one of my favourite Singaporean hawker dishes. I roast my Hainanese Chicken to make it Roasted Chicken Rice and the taste is 98% authentic 😁
I love pairing my chicken rice with pineapple, cucumber and carrot salad (a nonya style achar). It’s slightly spicy, slightly sour and a little sweet. It’s also a perfect accompaniment for Briyanis ☺️
I have posted the pineapple, cucumber and carrot salad and chicken rice chilli sauce separately 🙌🏼
Ingredients you need to cook the chicken and rice are as follows:-
🍃 For Chicken 🍃
Ingredients under Step 1 to 3 (cooking chicken):
About 1.2 kg whole chicken
3.5 litre or about 3/4 full pot of water
3 large slices of ginger
4-5 large cloves of garlic (halved)
2 heaped tsp salt for stock
2 heaped tsp salt for brining/rubbing salt on chicken
Ingredients under Step 4 (seasoning chicken):
4 spoons sesame oil
2 spoons dark soy sauce
2 spoons kikkoman soy sauce/ light soy sauce
Few stalks of spring onion
Fee stalks of coriander
Step 5:
You can skip this step and serve your chicken once you season the chicken. If you don’t have a oven, fry your chicken (whole) in oil. The chicken is actually cooked already so use a ladle to spoon hot oil over your chicken continuously to get it roasted. This way you don’t have to waste a lot of oil 😁
Ingredients under Step 6 (cooking rice):
4 rice cups thai jasmine rice
Water to cook rice. For a more authentic taste, use the stock leftover from cooking your chicken to cook the rice.
(you can cook the semi cooked/fried rice in the rice cooker as per normal) or if you are going to cook over the stove using a heavy base pot like me, add water to about 1 cm above the rice)
4 slices of ginger
4-5 large cloves of garlic (halved)
1 heaped tsp salt
4 pandan leaves individually tied into knots (I just couldn’t find it the day I was doing this recipe but it still tasted fantastic without it)

[@laxranaa]

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[@foodexplorernepal]

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[@foodieextremefoodieextreme4720]

Sathi I am drooling all over my phone. What a perfectly made video sathi. Your chicken looks absolutely. That rice, in love with this video ❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@laxranaa]

Foodieextreme Foodieextreme hehe and then my sis tells me you don’t use chicken stock to cook the rice 🤣🤣🤣

[@yowtuckkeongpeter4184]

XD

[@roshanith]

Looks Delish ! Cant wait to try it Please keep blessing us with a wonderful recipe video like this. 😘😘

[@laxranaa]

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[@floosh8580]

I'm watching this video cause I miss eating chicken rice 🤤🤤

[@laxranaa]

Sorry for the late reply but thank you 🙏🏼

[@pramilachhantyal8201]

Wow cant to wait to try dis... tq so much di for the recipe... 😊😊

[@laxranaa]

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[@shelakeed]

Just tried this!

[@laxranaa]

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[@laxranaa]

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[@caryndjordjevic6942]

This is very yummy! It's even yummier than all of the chicken rice in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia I've ever tasted before, I'm glad that i chose to follow this recipe out of so many other videos i watched, simple and yummy, my Serbian family loved it (I'm Indonesian btw) 🥰 🇮🇩 🇷🇸 Thank you for sharing this yummy recipe😋 Btw i used the chicken stock to cook the chicken rice, it was extremely delicious 😍

[@laxranaa]

Yesssss, you should use the chicken stock to cook 🥹🥹 I am sorry that I forgot to do so in the video 🫣🫣

[@thehungrywords]

Yei video bata nikalera khana paye pani hunthyo ni 😂 Tara your recipes are the best Thankyou for making it so easy to understand 😍

[@laxranaa]

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[@SuperUsme]

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[@indraluescher1427]

It looks pretty ease but how long do you roast in the oven & at what temperature? Thank for your reply

[@hasnahayob]

It says in video…roast for 30min at 200C

[@laxranaa]

Sorry for the late reply but it is in the description. Otherwise you can watch my latest video which is less than 2 minutes and shows you start to finish how to make this 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@GotoJas]

Such a great recipe! I will try this for sure. It looks really yummy. Thanks for sharing.❤️

[@laxranaa]

Sorry for the late reply! You might want to have a look at my new video which is under 2mins and shows you start to finish to making this dish 🙏🏼

[@niyay2224]

Why add water to the rice and not the chicken stock?

[@laxranaa]

I was a newbie at making videos then and being nervous made me forget steps 🥹🥹 I have a updated video now… which was recently posted 😅

[@yowtuckkeongpeter4184]

Woòooow when i eat

[@laxranaa]

👌🏼👌🏼

[@lilileasure1717]

Good🎉

[@laxranaa]

Thanks

[@kumarishomecookingandvlogs8341]

very nice i did this before

[@laxranaa]

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[@rotitelor]

I like to fry the rice in chicken fat. Also i think it would add more flavor if the rice is cooked in the chicken stock used to boil the chicken.

[@laxranaa]

Agreed! I was a newbie at making videos then 🥹🥹 I have a more updated video now 🥰🥰

[@user-kt9yx8mf6x]

I have eaten this so many times having lived in Singapore for 6 years sadly I no longer live there, But I can actually taste this recipe from this video brilliant job makes me hungry and homesick to be back there again❤

[@laxranaa]

I feel you having lived in Singapore for 21yrs and that’s why I tried to make it at home. Although it is not the best but it reminds me of Singapore and its as good as it can get at home ☺️

[@KitchenandArtswithNikki]

nice .

[@laxranaa]

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[@zestfullife3100]

Do you roast the chicken after boiling? So 45 min boiling and then another 30 min roasting?

[@laxranaa]

Hi, I am sorry for not replying back to you before as I had given up on my youtube blog. I know my old video is a little confusing. Please have a look at the new video I have recently uploaded. I think it’s clearer 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@winchew2558]

To boil the chicken n then marinate it is a short cut . The bird will not absorb the marinade as it’s fresh.😊

[@laxranaa]

I am confused with your comment 😀😀

[@life_score]

So was it served after boiling and garnishing or was it further roasted? Was it fried or baked in oven or what? So confusing

[@laxranaa]

Hi, this video isn’t the best 😭 because I was a newbie at taking videos and editing that time.. If you serve it after boiling and rubbing with the sauces, it’s Hainanese Chicken Rice but we like Roasted version so I roasted it further… there’s a new video Home Style Singapore Roasted Chicken Rice that’s presented better and the video is less than 2mins… Not sure whether this link works kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXyUgWyCf6yrbLMsi=z4y1kM47lBEgCtUq

[@life_score]

@@laxranaa got it. Thanks a lot for reply and link. I will try Hainanese Chicken. For crispier version I’m after “Crispy Chicken” which is either Chinese or Malaysian and I believe it’s fried but also served similarly with rice and cucumbers. If I can’t find that then I’ll try your roasted version.

[@laxranaa]

@@life_score yes, the hawkers deep fry in a long cylindrical fryer. Alas, I am just trying to make do at home. Do try my way, it tastes 80-90% authentic. Also, recently, I have started adding like a spoon of brown sugar and a spoon of oyster sauce on top of the soy sauce and sesame oil to the marination. And it tastes even more authentic 🥰🥰

[@KatakBawang]

U not suppose to vigorously boil the chicken like that. It will make your chicken meat tough instead of tender and slippery. Haiyaaaa....

[@laxranaa]

Hahaha but it works fine for me leh

[@iswarisunderi1493]

Roast the chicken 30mins at 200 degrees..all ok but my doubt are bottom are up and down? Or up?

[@laxranaa]

I do like my top to be crispy too… 😀😀😁😁

[@hungryman86]

Would like to give try hope it works don’t wanna be a spoiler

[@laxranaa]

Sorry for the late reply! You might want to have a look at my new video which is under 2mins and shows you start to finish to making this dish 🙏🏼

[@hungryman86]

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[@sebazmuzic8182]

roasted recipe pls?

[@laxranaa]

Sorry for the late reply but this is how I make “roasted” version. In Singapore, I have seen hawkers deep fry in super long cylindrical pots of hot oil 😀

[@resepikamibymisahAg]

Best to use a plump chicken for this dish. So it fleshy and juicy. Sorry dear, thats not the way its cook but you entitled to yr style. No worries. Maybe drop the word... Singapore.

[@laxranaa]

Haha

[@daymay1066]

Is this really SOLELY Singapore's recipes? I've had this rice in Malaysia hawker stalls since more than 40 years ago.....even outside train stations they were already selling this chicken rice.

[@laxranaa]

Not solely but I haven’t been to much of Malaysia and I can’t comment much… but since Malaysia and Singapore are next to each other, food and culture etc are similar 😁

[@speckieaida2850]

Thats actually daun sup / chinese celery🤓 corriander is much smaller

[@laxranaa]

😀😀

[@genewongrider]

roasted ???????

[@laxranaa]

In the oven 😁

[@zattgrande8079]

Not authentic.....not using the chicken boiling water

[@laxranaa]

I was a newbie at making videos that time and I forgot to use the stock 😭😭 please see my recently updated video!

[@shirleyyoung5943]

I realy dont undearstan this video🙄

[@laxranaa]

Hahaha sorry I was a newbie that time and I know the video is not good 😮‍💨😮‍💨 please see new updated video which is less than 2mins and shows you how to make it start to finish 😁

[@guruchoykokkee]

Wrong

[@laxranaa]

You’re right. Please see updated video 🙏🏼