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Thursday 23 May 2013

Claypot Chicken Rice with Mushrooms and Fresh Herbs Dipping Sauce

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This one-pot-all chicken and mushroom claypot rice is always a hit in my family.  It is tasty, filling, and very easy to make.   Cook it all at one go in the rice cooker, and it is truly a fuss free family meal.
 



We love to eat all chicken rice (be it claypot, hainanese or just regular coffeeshop chicken rice) with the ginger dipping sauce, but I once commented to hubby that I dislike having to manually grate the ginger because it takes quite a while to make a substantial quantity adequate for my ginger crazy  family.  Hubby then suggested I use my mini Philips wet mill to blitz it all.

Bless his brilliant idea! I tried it and it works beautifully.  Now I can add in all my favourite herbs - my favourite combination is coriander, spring onion, a pinch of mint and loads of young ginger.  Toss in some chicken stock powder, sesame oil and pepper, and blitz for a few seconds.  





This makes the most appetizing dipping sauce.  My little guy absolutely loves this, and he can chow down two huge servings of rice with this.  Definitely a great way to get your kids to appreciate the taste of fresh herbs and ginger!




You can also make this dipping sauce for Hainanese Chicken Rice.  Check out my recipe HERE.


Homecooked Hainanese Chicken Rice


Claypot Chicken Rice with Mushrooms and Fresh Herbs Dipping Sauce
Serves 4 (although my small family of 2 adults and a kid can wallop it all :p)

  • 3 medium size chicken legs, skin on, chop into two chunks per leg 
  • 1 tbspn black soy sauce
  • 1 tbspn light soy sauce
  • White pepper
  • 2 tsp chinese cooking wine
  • 5 pieces of dried chinese mushrooms, soaked in warm water until softened, squeezed out the excess water then slice thinly
  • 1 stick of chinese sausage, skin removed and slice unto thin diagonal slices
  • 2 cloves garlic, smashed
  • 2 slices of ginger
  • 2.5 cups of rice

Dipping sauce
  • 3 inch knob of young ginger, peeled and thickly sliced
  • 1 bunch of coriander, rinsed and roughly chopped (the coriander roots can also be added into the rice before cooking to enhance the flavour)
  • 1 stalk of spring onion, rinsed and roughly chopped, white parts included
  • 2 stalks of mint, leaves only
  • 1/2 a cube of chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp of sesame oil
  • 1.5 tbspn of cooled cooked water
  • White pepper and salt


1.  Marinate the chicken pieces with the black and light soy sauce, pepper and chinese cooking wine for 10min.



My MIL gave me some nice chinese mushrooms - after rehydrated,
they were plump and thick fleshed


2.  Meanwhile, rinse the rice in a rice pot and add sufficient water for cooking.  Toss in the smashed garlic cloves, coriander roots and 2 slices of ginger.

3.  Add the chicken pieces first, skin down, then the mushroom slices and chinese sausages.  Pour all the marinade on top.  Cover and set to cook.



To make the dipping sauce:

1.  Put all the sauce ingredients into the wet mill and blitz for a few seconds until it becomes a paste and evenly mixed.  Don't overblitz else the herbs will oxidise.  Pour out and adjust the taste.  It should be salty and full bodied.  


ingredients for the dipping sauce - spring onion, young ginger,
coriander and mint


vibrant green colour of the sauce




This post is linked to the event Little Thumbs Up organised by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, and Doreen of My Little Favourite DIY, and hosted by Joyce of Kitchen Flavours


23 comments:

  1. Thanks for inspiring me! I got all the ingredients so I think I will give this a go in the next few days.

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  2. A delicious one pot meal! Chicken rice is my family's favourite, especially the son! One pot meal like this is always a hit with my family too!
    And your herb dipping sauce looks so vibrant and delicious, a perfect dipping for pak chiam kai!
    Thank you for linking to LTU!

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    1. Thanks Joyce, am glad i managed to join in, and discover a fantastic dipping recipe along the way :)

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  3. That totally makes my mouth water, Esther.

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    1. Haha Mich, i am sure you can make a great of claypot rice too :)

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  4. Love the colour of that dipping sauce! Great idea!

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  5. Esther, your dipping sauce looks so appetizing. I also love to add lots of fresh herbs to my sauce. :)

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    1. Yen, i remembered your basil ginger sauce too, but didnt manage to get any fresh basil.

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  6. Your chicken rice looks good. I normally put the chicken in when the rice is almost cooked. Must try your method one day, sounds easier :)

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    1. Hi Adeline, i used whole leg with skin, so i put it in at the start so that the oil from the skin would flavour the rice, also becoz it is thicker meat, would need the entire time to fully cook it. Try this way, the meat is perfectly cooked and juicy as the skin protects it. And yes, definitely easier way too, chuck it all in and forget it till its cooked.

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  7. Definitely fuss-free ! One-pot meal at it's best :D I just can imagine all those delicious flavor in there - even the dipping sauce looks scrumptious !

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  8. Esther, this is one of my most favorite lazy meal to cook and it tastes so good! Ah, I am so happy to learn how to make the dipping sauce, many thanks!

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    1. Most welcome, PH. I hope you get to try making the sauce.

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  9. This recipe is so delicious!! Photos are mouthwatering and it's really hard to control your tongue after seeing this.

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    1. Hi Rene, thanks for dropping by! I hope you get to try this one out :)

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  10. Hi Esther! The dipping sauce caught my attention! Like!

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  11. Hi Esther,
    I love one pot meal. Agreed with you this is one super meal for a family,
    Yes, your dipping sauce attracts me too.
    Bookmark this :D
    mui

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    1. Thaks Doreen. Dont bookmark too long yea :)

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    2. Haha! You are so cute:D
      Ok. Will cook as soon as possible ;)

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