Chicken Rice

Ingredients

• 1 chicken (min 1.8kg)
• 5cm ginger root, cut in big slices
• 3 stalks of spring onion
• a big pot of boiling water (must be able to contain the whole chicken)
• sauce for the chicken
• 1½ tsp of salt
• 1 tbsp of sesame oil
• ½ tbsp of soya sauce
• for the rice
• 4 cups of rice, washed
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 5 thick slices of ginger
• 1 stalk of lemongrass
• 2 shallots
• 4 Pandan Leaves, knotted together
• 2 tbsp of corn or rice bran oil
• 1½ tsp of salt
• liquid chicken stock as required
• ingredients for chilli sauce
• 10 fresh red chillies
• 6 cloves garlic
• 5 shallots
• 2.5 cm piece young ginger
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 10 limes, juiced
• 2 tbsp vinegar
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp sugar