200610 Hainanese Chicken Rice

1. Today I'm making my family's recipe of Hainanese chicken rice. The first thing you want to do in making chicken rice is take care of your chicken. We salt the heck out of it and you give it a good rub down. It’s like a little exfoliating massage. This cleans the chicken skin and makes it nice and plump when it cooks. 2. Go ahead and season it again with more salt. Don’t forget to season the inside of the cavity. Shove some ginger in there, some green onion, so that when it cooks you get that beautiful flavor from the inside out. 3. I was born and raised in Singapore and this dish has always been a part of my life. I recently got married and I got to introduce my wife to chicken rice. That was really special. 4. My dad always joked that we may be American kids now but we have Chinese stomachs, and he's totally right. And when I have a plate of chicken rice, I could feel at home for just a few minutes and I love it. 今天我要做一道家传烹饪海南鸡饭。做海南鸡饭，首先你要做的是处理好鸡肉。我们会用烟腌一下鸡肉，从上到下好好揉搓。就像是脱角质按摩。这会清理鸡肉外皮，使它在烹饪时鲜嫩松软。 继续，用更多的盐来调味。别忘了内腔也要抹上盐。放一些生姜到里面，一些青葱，这样烹饪时才能有美味从里向外溢出。 我生在新加坡，长在新加坡，这道菜一直都是我人生的一部分。我最近结婚了，并且有机会向我的妻子介绍这道菜。那真的很特别。 我爸爸总是开玩笑说，也许我们现在是美国人，但是有着一个中国胃，他说的完全没错。当我吃到一盘海南鸡饭时，那几分钟我感觉就像是回到了家里，我喜欢这种感觉。