ABC Chicken Rice

CHICKEN
1 whole chicken cut into 8 pieces
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 shallot, finely chopped
1/2 cup sweet soy sauce
1tsp salt
2tsp black pepper

RICE
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1cm ginger, finely chopped
some spring onions, finely chopped
1cup of basmati rice
2cups of chicken broth
2tbsp butter
1 lemon grass
a pinch of salt

CHILLI SAUCE
6tbsp chilli sauce
2cloves garlic, finely chopped or blended
1cm ginger, finely chopped or blended
sugar and salt to taste

Bring the water to a boil in a pot large enough to hold the chicken. Add the chicken and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Carefully remove chicken, draining liquid from body cavity back into the pot. Reserve the stock to make chicken rice.

Marinade the chicken with all the other ingredients for the chicken and set aside for at least 30 minutes.

Roast the chicken at 210'C for 15 minutes. Turn the chicken and roast for another 10 minutes.

For the rice, melt the butter in a rice cooker pot. Put in the garlic, shallot, ginger, spring onion and lemon grass. Stir-fry until fragrant.

Add rice grain and stir-fry for another 2minutes then add in the chicken broth and salt. Leave it to cook normally with the rice cooker. Once the rice is cooked, let it cool for 10 minutes.

Mix all the chilli sauce ingredients. Serve with the chicken and rice!

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