Chili Sauce for Hainanese Chicken Rice (海南雞飯辣椒醬)

01 Oct 2013

Hainanese Chicken Rice isn’t complete without these yummy sauces!! WARNING!! Make sure you wear gloves when cutting/seeding chili peppers!! I seeded 7 serrano chili peppers yesterday and my hands are still burning today!! I had to ask hubby (much obliged) to help at shower time because my hands couldn’t stand the hot running water which I normally enjoy so much…

Chili Sauce

Ingredients

• 7 red chili (~80 g)
• 3 cm ginger (~40 g)
• 4 cloves garlic (~20 g)
• ratio 4:2:1 of chili:ginger:garlic
• 1 tbsp sesame oil (15 ml)
• 1 tsp honey
• ¹⁄₂ tsp salt
• 1¹⁄₂ tbsp lime juice (¹⁄₂ lime)
• 1 tbsp white vinegar (15 ml)
• reserved chicken stock

Instructions

1. Pound chili (without seeds if less spicy desired), ginger, garlic in a mortar or chop in a blender until finely chopped.
2. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
3. Mix in chicken stock to the desired consistency.

Black Sweet Soy Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp honey
• 60 ml water
• 100 ml dark soy sauce

Instructions

1. Melt rock sugar in water over low heat.
2. Add dark soy sauce and bring to a boil until sauce thickens to the desired consistency.
3. Let cool completely before serving. (The sauce thickens more as it cools.)

Ginger Sauce

Ingredients

• 6 cm long ginger
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp garlic infused oil
• reserved chicken stock

Instructions

1. Fry 1 clove of sliced garlic in 15 ml of oil to make garlic infused oil.
2. Pound ginger in a mortar or chop in blender until fine.
3. Add salt and oil.
4. Mix chicken stock to the desired consistency.
5. Serve with Hainan Chicken Rice.