Penang Hainan Chicken Rice
A simple and yet delicious meal, the Hainan chicken rice is a popular dish among Penangites & tourists.
Introduced by the Hainan Chinese folks of Penang, the uniqueness of chicken rice is the rice is specially cooked using chicken soup together with some ginger, garlic & pandan leave (screwpine). It is also sometimes added with chicken stock. All those will give the rice a soften and smooth texture. And the taste is simply good. The rice will normally have a nice fragrance. Therefore, it is delicious even if you were to eat the rice alone.
Normally chicken rice is served with either boiled chicken (yes, the chicken is boiled in the water) or roast chicken. Both boiled chicken & roast chicken have their own unique tastes. So, if you have not try this before, be sure to give both varieties a try. The dish will normally come with a clear chicken soup and some specially prepared chilli sauce. The chilli sauce is not made to be spicy. It’s made to blend in with the taste of the chicken rice so that both will compliment one another.
Be sure to give this unique Hainan dish a try when you are in Penang.
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