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Chicken rice is a delicious dish which is loved by many Vietnamese people. Therefore, when it comes to chicken rice, there are many different kinds of this dish such as Hoi An chicken rice, Tam Ki chicken rice, Phu Yen chicken rice, especially Hainanese chicken rice. Their ingredients are quite similar, but their recipes are different from each other.

Chicken is cooked with traditional Hainanese recipe; in which a whole chicken is boiled with gingers and salt. Chicken should be grown naturally and has a good quality.

Furthermore, a special point of this dish is that rice is cooked with chicken broth, so the rice can absorb chicken’s fatty substance. This makes a beautiful brown rice dish with an unforgettable favor. A further remarkable point is that Hainanese chicken rice in Vietnam is enjoyed with fish sauce mixed ginger, creating a memorable experience.

In 2011, Hainanese chicken rice is ranked on the top 50 best dishes in the world by CNN. It is really a must-try cuisine, isn’t it? If you want to try this dish in Vietnam, you can visit some following prestigious places:

1. Ga Vang - Hainanese Chicken Rice (28 Pho Duc Chinh, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City)
2. Hainanese Chicken Rice - Calmette (205-207 Calmette, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City)
3. Twelve – Singapore Hainanese Chicken Rice (012 Lot C2, Street 45, Ward 6, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City)
4. Hainanese Chicken Rice - Binh Gia (86 Binh Gia, Ward 13, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City)
5. Hainanese Chicken Rice Van Xuong (74 Ham Nghi, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City)

If not, you can consult the following recipe:

Ingredients for Com ga Hai Nam recipe:

• 1 chicken
• Ginger
• Oyster sauce, fish sauce
• Scallion
• Rice
• Cucumber

Steps for making Com ga Hai Nam recipe:

Step 1:

Chicken is cleaned, washed by salt water and drained. Strain the chicken fat separately to stir-dry with rice.

Step 2:

Prepare a pot with 2 liters of water. Add 2 tablespoons salt. Put chicken into the pot, cook over medium heat. Putting chicken into the pot before boiling helps prevent the skin from cracking. Ginger is sliced and dropped in chicken broth.

Step 3:

Stir fry rice over high heat so that the rice becomes firm and tasty.

Pour chicken broth into the rice. Continue to cook. Note: you should add less water than when you cook rice to make it not too doughy.

Step 4:

When chicken broth is boiled, turn off the cooker, cover the pot with a lid for 15m. Take chicken out, wash it through cold water to make its skin crunchy. Chop it into even pieces. Present it on the plate. Cut cucumbers to decorate.

Step 5:

Prepare dipping Sauce:

Hainanese chicken is eaten with ginger fish sauce by many Vietnamese families. If you want to cook according to Hainanese or Singapore style, you can use soy sauce. Ginger is finely chopped, onions are minced. Put ginger and minced onion in a pan and fry until getting fragrant, add 2 tbsp of oyster oil + 1 tbsp of soy sauce + 1 tbsp of sugar + 4 tbsp of chicken broth + 1 tbsp of cornstarch. Boil it and finish.

Put the chicken on the plate. Decorate with cucumber and green onions. Enjoy it with soy sauce. You can eat chicken broth and rice together.