Hainanese Chicken Rice

Made Hainanese chicken rice for lunch the other day...as there are many versions to this popular local fare,here's my simple but equally delicious & satisfying meal.
Here's what you need:

Ingredients: (for 4 persons)

Begin with the chicken:-

3 pcs chicken whole leg (cleaned & rub with salt)2 knob-sized old ginger ( flattened with back of knife)

2 sprigs spring onion

4 cloves garlic

2 litres of water or more

Method:

1) Put water into a pot & boil with ginger,spring onion & garlic.

    When water starts to boil,put in chicken.

    (make sure chicken is completely submerged in the stock)

     Let it come up to a gentle boil again for about 3 mins,cover with  

     lid then turn off heat. Leave this for about half hr.
2) Chopped chicken into pieces n garnish with fried shallot n spring
     onion.Drizzle with a little sesame oil n soya sauce.

For chicken rice:                       

3 cups rice (washed)
1 knob ginger (minced)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
3 pandan leaves (knotted)
salt to taste

Method:

1) Put washed rice into rice cooker & add in chicken stock from boiling the chicken earlier.
2) Cook as usual.

For Chicken soup:

 

chicken stock from earlier

(removed remnants fr stock)

fish balls

glass noodles (soak to softened)

salt & pepper to taste

Garnishing:

chopped spring onions

fried shallots

Method:

1) Boil soup with fish balls & glass noodles.

2) Season with salt n pepper & turn off heat.

3) Garnish with shallots & spring onions.

This is one you'd want to cook again n again...guaranteed!