Hello, I hope your week is treating you well so far! 9 of us had an awesome weekend as we gathered much more memories!

Next week, one of our family members, Jessica, will say goodbye to us as she has a Europe trip with her friends till next month and we were forced to separate early. It makes all of us sad so we decided to have a last reunion dinner. Reunion dinner is important for the Chinese community as all the family members need to get together to celebrate this day. In reunion dinner, a steamed chicken is a must because it represents the whole family. So, 9 of us decided to cook a Hainanese Chicken Rice as the dinner in this gathering. 

Although it is a complicated dish for us, but 9 of us are cooked together and it made it simple!

Ingredients for Hainanese Chicken Rice:

• Rice, Chicken meat, ginger, scallions, pandan leaves, light soy sauces, cucumber, ice cubes, garlic, shallots, chili sauce, sugar, salt, sesame oil

Firstly, lightly put some salt on the outer part of the chicken and after that pour soy sauce into the chicken and spread it evenly. Boil the chicken in a pot with enough water covering it. Don’t forget to put some spring onions and ginger to remove the smell. After the soup boils, turn the chicken over and continue to boil for 20 – 30 minutes to let the soup simmer. Then, put the chicken into a bowl of ice cubes and leave aside to ensure that the chicken meat is soft.  

For the rice, we use the essence from the chicken soup to make the rice more fragrance. Cook the rice by putting some pandan leaves, ginger and chicken soup that cooked just now. Cook with high heat and once it boils, reduce the heat to the minimum and simmer until rice is cooked. It may take around 20 minutes. For the sauces, put some ginger, garlic, shallots, sesame oil, and soy sauce. Add some water and mix all of it together until fragrant.

Lastly, chop chicken into bite-size pieces and cut some cucumber for decoration. Put the sauces onto the chicken and rice as it can brighten the taste of the chicken rice. Chilli sauce must be accompanied with the chicken as both of them are a perfect match in this dish!