Easy Recipes: Miel’s Hainanese Chicken Recipe Hack
We were on our way to the supermarket early one evening when a post on my Facebook news feed caught my eye! My friend, Miel, just posted about the success of her Hainanese Chicken dish!
I quickly sat back and messaged her to let me in on her recipe so I can include the ingredients in my list of groceries. I seriously needed to satisfy a craving I’ve had since our visit to Wee Nam Kee a few days ago.
Turns out it was so easy to make. This was our dinner that evening:
You can try it yourself if you’re craving for some “Hainanese”. Here’s what you need to do:
Ingredients
1/2 Chicken
1 pack of McCormick Rice Cookers Hainanese Chicken Rice recipe mix
Salt
Cucumbers, thinly sliced (optional)
Asparagus, steamed, sauteed, or boiled (optional) I tried eating it raw and it tasted so bad!
Ginger, grated
Hoisin sauce
How to prepare:
1. Boil the chicken in 4 cups of water mixed with 1 pack of the Hainanese Chicken Recipe mix.
2. Add a little salt, to taste.
3. When the chicken is tender, turn off the stove and let the chicken sit in for a while.
4. Chop into pieces and arrange on plate, add the cucumber slices and the boiled asparagus.
Note: Miel’s instruction was to use the water used to boil the chicken, to cook the rice. Because we were so hungry and that would take some time, we decided to just cook the rice with a new pack of Hainanese Chicken Rice mix and just followed the instructions written on the back.
To make sauce: Mix a bit of Hoisin sauce in hot water. I spilled my sauce on my chicken and cucumber and ate them all together. Spoken like a true eater, you think?
Mushrooms!
I also happened to have come across beautiful, mashmallow-y mushrooms at the supermarket, so I got them, boiled them in a bit of water, with ginger, salt and pepper, and a bit of Hoisin sauce. Here’s how it turned out:
So what do you think? You want to give it a go? Let me know how yours go. Enjoy your Hainanese!
32 Comments
Marie
May, I love this dish! I will ask my husband to try to cook it since he’s my designated cook hahaha. Aspragaus tastes that bad? Huhu I really want to try Asparagus. 🙂
May De Jesus-Palacpac
Only if you eat it “raw”. You have to cook it, haha. I thought it’d be just like cucumber or carrots, you can just eat it raw. Not Asparagus – you saute, boil or steam it first, hehe.:D
work@homeMillie
Mommy May, I haven’t tried this dish yet, pero parang madali lang, so I will try this soon! 🙂 Thanks for sharing the recipe!
May De Jesus-Palacpac
yes mommy Millie! Super dali. 🙂
Reigne
Looks easy! Yehey! I will make the hubby read it.
May De Jesus-Palacpac
Haha….you’re the second one to say that! (Incidentally, my hubby’s prepping dinner, haha!)
Reigne
Hehehe! I can’t cook to save my life. Thank heavens we got the hubby to cook for us. Kundi mabubuhay sa de lata ang pamilya ko. 🙂 Hindi nya pa nata-try to though. Pero nasa listahan na ng iluluto nya for us. 🙂
Of Coffee and Crackers
A must try Hainanese recipe! 🙂 Thank you for sharing this one! 🙂
Maan
Wow it sounds easy! I’m totally trying this out because I love Hainanese chicken, too! I wonder if one can use native chicken here?
May De Jesus-Palacpac
Could be worth a try. You may need longer time boiling it cause native chickens can get a bit ropy if not done right. 🙂
Cheanne
For some reason, I don’t like Hainanese Chicken. Probably because I feel that it’s too bland looking (white) so I prefer the soy chicken better hehe. Your recipe however, seems so easy to follow, i just might give it a try. Tamang tama, hubby’s complaining that he’s getting tired of the usual ulam already!
May De Jesus-Palacpac
Soy chicken is yummy! Hainanese was an acquired taste. 😉
Audric's Mom
Looks yummy. I think I never tasted “Hainanese” before… but will definitely try this. Thanks for sharing!
May De Jesus-Palacpac
🙂 Thanks for dropping in!
Kim Reyes
That’s a pretty easy dish! Will definitely try this out too.
May De Jesus-Palacpac
Let me know how it turns out, Kim! 🙂
MrsMartinez
Your creation looks fantastic! At least now you know how to cook Hainanese chicken, you don’t have to pay extravagant amount in restaurant just to have a taste of it. Great job!
xoxo
MrsMartinez
May De Jesus-Palacpac
Yeah, that’s the goal. We like to eat too much, I need to know how to prep these dishes here at home. 🙂
nhessie a.
looks easy mommy may! added to my recipe list! 🙂 the picture makes me want to cook it now na! hahaha
May De Jesus-Palacpac
Super easy! Kulo lang! 🙂
Marissa Bulatao (@MommyUnwired)
When you eat asparagus, even your pee would smell like asparagus lol. I love asparagus though and I love hainanese chicken. I did not know there was a mix! I will try nga next time to cook this
May De Jesus-Palacpac
The mix was actually intended for rice, but my friend Miel discovered it works with chicken, too. 🙂
Liz A
thanks for the recipe… will add this to my list of to-try when i have the time to cook 😀
Michelle Solee (@michisolee)
I love hainanese chicken too but I haven’t tried to cook it at home. I love Wee Nam Kee too. 🙂
Que Sullano - Gavan
We love hainanese chicken too but cannot remember what mix we are using since hubby does the cooking 🙂
Louisa Mercado (@2livelovelaugh5)
It looks like an interesting dish. Will get my husband to cook it. 🙂
Glaiza | moomymusings
Sarap! My daughter is a fan of Hainanese chicken and I will bookmark this recipe! 🙂
Paulline @ milastolemyheart
looks really easy. can we call this the Wee Nam Kee’s specialty’s food hack? 🙂
Mommy Jen
I think I need more of this easy recipes kasi I am not really good in cooking eh, Heheh parang walang innate something sa pagluluto?! Hehehe. Thanks for sharing this!! =)
Mommy Levy
Yay thanks for sharing. I also love Hainanese Chicken, unfortunately I don’t know how to cook it. What sauce did you use with it?
Patricia | MrsC
I’m pretty sure we have a pack of that in our pantry! I should look for it if it’s masarap pala.
May De Jesus-Palacpac
Yeah, if you can’t go to the resto, you can simply make it at home. 🙂