Hainan Rice

This delicious and flavorful Hainan Rice is seasoned with fresh garlic, ginger, and scallions. We add chicken fat for extra flavor (makes all the difference in the world) and cook it in chicken broth. You can serve this rice as a side dish, but it's so good I often eat it plain with a big scoop of ginger scallion sauce on top ^_^

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Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 1

Servings:

Calories: 663kcal

Ingredients

2 tablespoons chicken fat
1 head garlic minced
¼ cup Ginger Scallion Sauce
2 teaspoons salt
3 cups uncooked jasmine rice wash and drained
3 ¾ cups chicken broth

Instructions

In a large pan over medium heat, warm the chicken fat
Then add the ginger scallion sauce and minced garlic. Saute for 1-2 minutes.
Then add the jasmine rice and saute for another 3 minutes. Season with the salt.
Turn off the heat and scoop all the rice into the rice cooker pot. Add the chicken broth.
Note: the exact amount of chicken broth needed will vary depending on your rice cooker. The amount of chicken broth listed in the recipe is approximate (you can use that amount if you're cooking the rice without a rice cooker). If use a rice cooker, follow the liquid line indicated in your rice cooker pot.
Place the rice cooker pot back into the rice cooker. Close the lid and press the cook/start button.
Once the rice is done cooking, fluff it up and you are ready to eat!

Notes

About the chicken fat:

We often make this rice recipe when we make the full "Hainan Chicken Rice" dish. That dish calls for a whole chicken. We trim excess fat off the whole chicken and cut the fat into small pieces. Then we saute the skin and render out all the fat. We use the fat for this rice recipe! Nothing goes to waste.

Once you render all the fat, the skin gets golden and crisp. Save it! Season the skin with a sprinkle of salt. Then you can snack on it or top the rice with a spoonful of crispy chicken skin.

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