Chicken RICE!!!!

With the New Year drawing near, I knew that I just

HAD to prepare a small dinner gathering for all of us who weren't fortunate enough t

o go home or just anywhere else. And so, with t

he Koreans being a minority (M and A stayed with me coz they were booted out of residence) and the Singaporeans (E, D and G) plus the one Burmese (Mz) craving for something asian, I decided to do some research on our one phenomenal dish...

CHICKEN RICE!! :D

This was so easy to make (a bit of a hassle but the result... SO rewarding) that if it wasn't my New Year's resolution to lose weight, I would cook m

y rice like that all the time.

So here's the recipe...

Ingredients:

Chicken

Whole Chicken Legs (Traditionally, it's a WHOLE chicken but as you know... I'm on a budget so this works out cheaper for me!!)

Scallions (We call them Spring Onions back hom

e)

Whole Garlic

Rice

3 cups of rice

4 1/2 cups of Chicken Broth (obtained from cooking the chicken)

half a garlic (chopped finely)

2 tbsp oil

Garnish

Corriander/Cilantro (leaves only)

Cucumber (sliced thinly)

Spring Onion (sliced thinly and diagonally)

Sauce

1 part soy sauce

1 part sesame oil

Method:

Chicken

1- Boil the garlic and scallions for the chicken in a pot of water that is just enough to cover the chicken.

2- When the water comes to a boil, put the chicken in and turn it down to a simmer.

3- Simmer for 40-45 mins.

4- When chicken is cooked, plunge into ice cold water for 5-10 mins to make the skin firm.

5- Don't discard the broth that you cooked the chicken in.

Rice

1- Wash the rice. (Obviously)

2- Drain the water and leave the rice to dry.

3- Heat up the oil in a pot (if its a thick bottomed pot, it's better, the rice doesn't burn or stick as much). Fry the garlic until fragrant.

4- Fry the rice in the garlic and oil until translucent. About 10 mins.

5- Add the broth from previously and cook for about 15 mins. (Until the water recedes and it looks like there's little bubble holes in the rice)

6- "Fluff" the rice with a fork.

To Serve:

1- Cut up chicken (I left mine the way they were because I don't have a butcher's knife).

2- Pour the sesame/soy sauce over chicken.

3- Garnish with corriander, spring onion and cucumber slices.

4- Put chicken in the middle of the dining table. (Communal dish :P)

4- Heap rice onto individual plate, and dig in :D

And so... it was a great way to end the year :D