How to cook RICE-COOKER Hainanese Chicken Rice

The Hainanese chicken rice which consists of succulent steamed white chicken cut into bite-size pieces served with fragrant rice with some light soy sauce added to the dish.

It has always been one of the most favourite hawker food among the locals, where they love the flavour of the rice.

What I have come up with is a very simple & easy version of the Hainanese Chicken Rice using the rice-cooker method.

Ingredients:

3 stalks of pandan leaves

2 cups of chicken stock

2 cups of rice

4 slices of ginger

300g of chicken drumsticks

3 shallots

3 cloves of garlic

Full recipe

1. Slice slits on the drumsticks

2. Add in 1 tablespoon of sesame oil

3. Add a dash of white pepper

4. Add a pinch of salt

5. Massage and marinate the drumstick for 30 mins

6. Chop up the garlic and the shallots together

7. Slice the ginger into 4

8. Add in 1 teaspoon of sesame oil into the empty rice cooker pot.

9. Add in the chopped garlic and shallots

10. Add in the sliced ginger

11. Give it a good stir to make sure everything is coated with the oil.

12. Start the rice cooker in Normal mode for 8 ins and check if the spices are sizzling.

13. Add in the 2 cups of washed rice

14. Give it a stir for 1 min to let everything infuse together.

15. Add in 2 cups of chicken stocks

16. Give it a good stir.

17. Tie the pandan leaves into a knot and add it in together with the chicken drumsticks.

18. Reset the rice cooker and start the rice cooker in Normal Cook mode as per normal.

Food Matters

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In other words, active children and young people eat a well-balanced diet tend to:

- have a healthy body weight

- feel good about themselves

- more energetic, feeling more active in their social lives

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Nutrition plays an extreme role in our overall health, especially as we age. This includes our appetites, calorie needs and change in our tastes too.

One of the reasons why older adults need more protein is, because our muscle mass decreases over time as we age. Due to this decline, we need to consume more protein. In other words when we face illnesses or injuries, we require more protein to repair our bodies, thus rebuilding our skeletomuscular system.

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How to make RICE-COOKER muah chee

Being an Asian dessert, muah chee is simply a fun affair with both the old & the young where I can make it anytime at the comfort of my home. 

First of all, it is suitable for vegetarians. This Asian snack contains neither pork nor lard. The recipe doesn’t require much efforts. All I need is to have a multi-functional cooker, a pack of glutinuous rice flour and ground peanut powder. It would take approximately about 45 minutes to complete, depending on the stirring cycle which has to be repeated every 3 minutes until the dough mixture forms into a ball.

The only challenge I face when it comes to taking orders from my customers is when I have to wake up pretty early in the morning to add the peanut powder to the ready dough, which can take up to almost 3 hours. On the night before, I have to prepare the dough which also takes up about the same duration. 

Ingredients:

                                                  Camel Ground Peanut Powder

                                               Erawan Brand Glutinuous Rice Flour

Full Recipe:
1. Pour2 cups of rice flour into a bowl

2. Add 2 cups of water

3. Stir well and make sure there are no lumps.

4. Oil a piece of kitchen towel and coat the whole pot with a thin layer of oil.

5. Pour in the mixture

6. Start the cook mode and check in at 3 mins.

7. Stir and let it cook for another 3 mins.

8. Stir again and cook for another 3mins

9. Repeat cycle untill it forms a dough ball.

10. Cut it into half to check it's cooked through

11. Add 1 teaspoon of sesame oil and toss it with the muah chee.

12. Pour out half of the peanut powder into a bowl.

13. Add in a teaspoon of sugar if u prefer it sweeter.

14. Mix well

15. Cut out the amount you want.

16. Cut the muah chee into bite size and toss it around the peanut powder.

Delights of Food

Singapore is well-known and loved for her popularity of its range of ethnic food. There are Chinese, Indian to French, Italian to Malay food locally available, which becomes an eye-opener for first-timers to our small city.

Undoubtedly, the food is one of the best things about being in Singapore. It holds no secrets that the locals eat and drink with a passion. For a newcomer, deciding where and what to eat may come across as an intimidating but exciting experience as well.

To put it simply, Singapore's multi-cultural diversity is mainly reflected on the variety of local cuisine the country offers from Chinese to Malay, Indian to Peranakan. In fact Singapore's multi-ethnic culture and heritages presents a multitude of colourful cuisines, each with its own unique flavour.

Often touted as "The Food Paradise", Singapore is a cornucopia of different cuisines where the varieties of dishes available are enough to keep one eating all the time. Regardless whether you fancy haute cuisine, ethnic foods, vegetarian or local spicy dishes, you can find several food choices on your own.

Singapore can be divided into five types of meat, seafood, rice, noodles, desserts and snacks.

Chili crab is an iconic Singaporean seafood dish. Although there are ways to cook a delicious crab, the two most famous styles are:

- Singapore crab with a spicy tomato chili sauce &

- Crab with black pepper sauce

Hainanese chicken rice is one of the locals' favourite food. It is a rice dish with juicy, steamed white chicken cut into thin pieces. It is usually served over fragrant rice with light soy sauce, topped with cilantro and sesame oil to be accompanied by a garlic-chili sauce.

Nasi Lemak is a Malay dish which is widely popular in Singapore. It is typically served with deep-fried fish or chicken wings, grilled fish paste, friend anchovies, peanuts, eggs, cucumber slices and sambal.

Roti prata is a signature Singapore food. Roti means roti or bread while prata means flat. It is a simple and tasty dish, where the pancake-like flatbread is served with a meat-based or a vegetable-based curry.

Hokkien mee is a stir-fried dish made up of a combination of rice and egg noodles. It comes with prawns, squid, oysters, spring onions and fresh lime. The dish is served with a thick and fragrant sauce made from fresh shrimp and dried prawns.

Singapore food culture is having a roti prata and teh tarik to start the day, a hearty plate of nasi lemak to fuel your afternoons and a flavourful serving of chicken rice to end the day.