Hainanese Chicken with Chili Dipping Sauce

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Scallions and ginger for the broth

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Chicken, scallions, ginger and sale + ~4-6 cups of water prior to cooking

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Cooked chicken cooling on plate

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Julienned carrots and cucumbers added to broth - transformed into "vegetable soup"

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Chili dipping sauce for chicken - consists of chili sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil and sugar

Background:

I had a 1/2 chicken in the freezer that would conveniently serve as Hainanese Chicken for 2 tonight.  This is a really simple, yet tasty dish.  We devoured the chicken in short order -- "Should have cooked more", Flora said.

Prep:

• 3-4 stalks of scallion (separate stem from "green" part and use stem for soup)
• 4-5 slices ginger
• 1/2 to whole chicken
• 4-6 cups of water (enough to cover chicken)
• 1 TB salt

Sauce:

• 1 TB chili sauce
• 1 TB soy sauce
• 1 TS sesame oil
• 1 TS vinegar
• 1 TS sugar

Cooking:

• Combine ingredients for Hainanese Chicken into pot
• Bring to a boil
• Turn heat down to low to maintain simmer
• Cook for ~40 min
• Remove chicken from broth and set aside to cool
• Lightly sprinkle some salt over the cooling chicken
• Once cooled to room temperature, cut into pieces and serve

Sauce:

• Combine ingredients and whisk together
• You're done!