Hainan Chicken Rice (Quick! Pressure Cooked)

Hainan Chicken Rice (Pressure Cooked)

By lunaysol Published: January 16, 2022

Inspired by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC6DvhGunJg

Ingredients

• 2 lb chicken breast or thigh defrosted and lightly salted
• 1.5 cups brown rice
• 1.75 cups chicken broth
• to taste soy sauce or tamari
• 1-4 slices ginger thin long slices
• 1-2 tbsp crispy onions optional for additional flavor
• 1-3 tbsp coriander/cilantro for garnish
• 5 spring onions chopped
• 1/2 cucumber chopped
• to taste sweet (thick) soy sauce healthy boy brand Sweet soy sauce

Instructions

1. Add rice, chicken broth, sliced ginger, garlic cloves, and crispy onions(optional) to instant pot. Then place chicken on top.
2. Close top and set to pressure cook on HI for 20 minutes
3. Optional Step: One popular side topping can be made If you chop up more ginger and use the chopped green parts of the onion, you can heat up some vegetable oil (2-3tbsp) in a pan and add the veggies. Then put into a heat safe container.
4. Serve with cucumber, cilantro, chopped spring onions. The sweet sauce is common sauce for this dish, if you don't have any you can mix honey with soy sauce.