Chestnut chicken rice

Chestnut chicken rice

栗子雞飯
栗子雞飯
This is a delicious and simple recipe. All you need to do is to put all ingredient in rice cooker. And it will easily come out perfectly.
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Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Main
Cuisine: Chinese
Calories(per serving): 380
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients
 

Rice ingredients

  • 230 g Long grain rice (1.5 cup of rice cooker measuring cup)
  • 1.5 cup water (based on the rice cooker instruction)
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp chicken powder

Chicken ingredents

  • 450 g chicken fillet
  • 15 pcs chestnut (shelled)

Or use frozen chestnut or the ready to eat roasted chestnut (check the picture below)

  • 1 pcs lotus leaf

Seasoning

  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ¼ tsp ground pepper
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp water
  • 1 tsp oil

Spring onion oil seasoning

  • 80 g diced green onions
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • ½ tsp chicken powder
  • 50 ml oil

Instructions
 

  • Soak the lotus leaf in 60°C water for 2-3 mins until soft. Drain well and put it aside
  • Marinade the chicken with the seasoning for 10 mins. Mix it with the chestnut. Put it aside
  • Put the rice ingredient into rice cooker. Fold the lotus leaf. Coat it with some oil. Put it into the rice cooker. Top with chicken and chestnut. Turn on the rice cooker and let it cook until the rice is cooked through
  • When the rice is cooked, remove the lotus leaf. Mix the rice with all the ingredient. Close the rice cooker. Let the rice and all other ingredients sit in rice cooker for another 10 mins. Dish it up and serve it with spring onion oil.

Spring onion oil steps

  • Heat the pan with medium heat heat. Add in the oil and heat it up. Add in the green onion and stir fry for 10 seconds
  • Put the mixture into a bowl. Add in the seasoning and mix well.

Notes

ready to eat roasted chestnut
Tips and notes
1 Don't soak the lotus leaf into boiling water or its flavor will significantly reduced
2 if you concern the rice may not cook properly with ingredient on top, you can use a steam rack to separate the rice and the rest of ingredients
 
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Keywords lotus leaves, recipe, rice cooker, 海南雞飯, 荷葉, 電飯煲, 食譜

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