Quick & Easy One-Pot Hainan Chicken Rice
Tender, silky chicken thighs cooked over a bed of savory rice. This quick and easy one-pot Hainan chicken rice is ready in 25 minutes with simple ingredients. This popular Chinese dish is great as a meal on busy weeknights!
- Prep time
- 8 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 lb boneless chicken thighs (skin on)
- 1 cup uncooked jasmine rice
- 1.5 cups chicken broth (low sodium)
- 2 cloves garlic (peeled)
- 2 inches ginger (peeled & thinly sliced)
- 1 green onion (chopped in half)
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil (or any neutral oil)
- 2 tsp regular soy sauce
- 2 tsp salt
- sweet chili sauce (as needed)
- green onion sauce (as needed)
Instructions
- 1
Rub 1.5 tsp of salt on the skin of your chicken thighs until they're shiny and smooth. Pat them dry with a paper towel. Set aside.
- 2
Rinse jasmine rice with cold water a few times until water runs clear. Pour out the water. Transfer strained rice to a large non-stick wok or large pan.
- 3
Add chicken broth, vegetable oil, soy sauce, chopped ginger, garlic cloves, and remaining salt to the rice. Mix well.
- 4
Place the chicken skin-side down on top of the rice and broth mixture and do not submerge it. Then place the green onion over top. Cover with a lid.
- 5
Bring the chicken and rice to boil on high heat. Once it comes to a boil, immediately reduce to low heat and cook for 12 minutes.
- 6
After the 12 minute mark, shut off the heat (do not remove off the burner) and keep covered with a lid so the steam can evaporate the residual broth, about 3-5 minutes.
- 7
Once there's no more liquids in the base of the pan, remove the green onion, ginger and garlic cloves.
- 8
Remove and slice cooked chicken on a cutting board with a sharp knife. Serve with cooked rice, sweet chili sauce, green onion sauce and enjoy!