Wet Market Tips

Mom-in-law and I went to the wet market near our house one day to shop for grocceries n fresh food. We decided that we will cook Chicken Rice for today so we went to our favorite stall that sellls "fresh chicken".

The lady was very chatty today and ask the purpose of the chicken. When we told her that we wanted to cook Chicken Rice, she recommend us to buy "hand-cleaned chicken". She then enlighten us with her knowledge of the differences between "machine-cleaned chicken" and "hand-cleaned chicken".

Apparently, "machine-cleaned chicken" has less fat as most of the fats are removed. These type of meat are suitable for stir fry, home deep-fry and of course it is healthier.

Meanwhile, "hand-cleaned chicken" uses the expertise of the person to debone or remove the excess fats. These meat are most suitable for making chicken rice (as we need the oil later for cooking the chicken rice).

She also teach us an EXTREMELY easy way to cook Steam Chicken Rice. Here's the recipe:-
**Instead of the hassle to have to turn the chicken around while cooking, try this:**

1)After cleaning the chicken, put chicken in a pot, cover it with enough water. Bring to boil (water & chicken together) under strong flame. Let it boil for 12-15minutes. DO NOT OPEN THE LID!

2) After 12-15minutes, switch off the gas and let the chicken sit inside for another 30minutes. DO NOT OPEN THE LID. Used the chicken stock to make the chicken rice.

Believe me, the chicken turns out Perfectly cook n Skin still beautiful intact while the meat is tender. TRY THIS TODAY!

Recipe for Steam Chicken Rice (serves: 6-8adults)
Ingredients:
1 whole chicken or 8 chicken thighs
water to cover chicken
2-3pc ginger
Optional:
4-6 scallops (soaked & water reserved)
**Put all ingredients to boil. Follow above instructions.

Chicken Rice Ingredients:
4 cups Fragrant Rice
Chicken stock
Salt
Msg (optional)
4 spoonful Garlic Oil (fried minced garlic with oil)

Leftover chicken stock can be used for soup or freeze it in the fridge for later use.

Garnish with Spring Onion or Chives.

Simple Ginger Dip For Steam Chicken Rice:
150g stalks of ginger (clean & roughly sliced)
5 cloves of garlic
Juice of 3 lime / quater of lemon / 1tbsp vinegar
3 tbsp chicken stock
3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp salt
Blend all ingredients together. Add 2 hot chilies if you love it spicy.
Store remaining ginger sauce in an airtight glass container. Fridge.
Serve ginger sauce with black soy sauce.

**ENJOY!!BE READY TO RECEIVE COMPLIMENTS FROM UR LOVED ONES!!**