Preparation for Hainanese Chicken Rice
Soak your whole chicken in water and 4-5 tbsp salt (brine) in a bowl overnight, keep in refrigerator. It gives good texture of chicken the next day.
Debone your chicken; keep the breast and thigh aside.
Cook the chicken bone with enough water (2-2,5 liter), you may add any vegetables such as carrot, spring onion, parsley stem (if any). Simmer the stock for minimum one hour.
While simmering the stock, chop and slice the vegetables.
Prepare the chili condiment: Mix the 2 tbsp ginger, 2 tbsp spring onion, and green chili. Add 1 tbsp sesame oil, pinch salt, pepper and chicken powder. Mix it well. Keep aside.
Soak the rice in water for 20 minutes, drain it out.
After one hour, remove the chicken bone. Strain the stock.
Get a pot, heat 1 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp sesame oil; add the 50 gr chopped onion and 1 tbsp chopped ginger. Stir it for 2 minutes. Add 2 cups of soaked rice. Stir it evenly, add 3,5 cups of chicken stock. Boil it for 10 minutes, close the lid, turn off the heat and steam it for 20 minutes
Boil the rest of chicken stock; add the chicken breast and chicken thigh into the stock. Lower the heat; poach it until the chicken is well cooked. It took 10 minutes.
Remove out the chicken breast and chicken thigh. Slice the chickens.
Serve the warm rice, sliced chicken and soup with the wonton on the side with chili condiment.
Preparation for Wonton Dumpling Soup
Mix flour, salt and water. Mix it until form a dough.
Knead for 3 minutes. It will be a bit hard but not to worry. After 3 minutes, place the dough ball in a plastic bag. Leave it aside for 30 minutes. After, the dough will be soft and easy to knead.
After 30 minutes, knead the dough. Until it is soft. Roll the dough into long size and slice it into half. Keep another half in the bag. Slice the other hallf into 5 to 6 small pieces.
Dust your working surface, use roller or bottle. Roll the dough into thin slice wrapper. Keep it aside and continue with the rest of dough. (You may freeze the wrapper for almost 1 month).
In a mixing bowl, season the minced chicken with salt, pepper, chicken powder, chopped spring onion and corn starch. Mix it well
Take one wrapper and place one teaspoon minced chicken in the middle of wrapper. Seal the wrapper by pinching them or use some water to seal them. Place the finished dumpling on the floor dusted plate or tray.
Finish up the rest of wrapper and chicken.
Prepare a pot of 2 liter water. Bring it to boil. Add one tablespoon oil to water.
Place in 3 to 4 pieces dumpling and boil it around 5 minutes depends on how big the dumpling. The dumpling will float up.
Remove out the boiled dumplings. Continue with the rest of dumplings.
Serve the dumpling with soy sauce, Thai sweet sour chili sauce. Serve it in chicken stock.