Hainan coconut chicken
Hainan coconut chicken, from above
Non vegHainan

Hainan coconut chicken

Chicken poached in fresh coconut water at the table. Sweet, clean and very tropical.

45 minTime
39 gProtein each
mildSpice
Coconut hot pot2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayChicken poached in coconut water.
The original
383kcalsame
39 gproteinsame
6 gfibresame
45minutessame

Ye zi ji, Hainan's coconut chicken hot pot.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Tender coconut waterfrom 3 to 4 tender coconuts
Tender coconut malai (young coconut flesh, young coconut meat)the soft flesh, in strips
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)700 g, in small pieces
Gingera few slices
Saltto taste
Bok choy (pak choi)for dipping in
Button mushroommixed
Calamansi4, halved, or lime
Soy sauce2 tbsp
Garlic3 cloves, minced
Fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles)2, chopped
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Pour the coconut water into a pot with the coconut meat and ginger and bring to a boil.
  2. 2Add the chicken, skim, and simmer gently for 15 to 20 minutes until no pink remains.
  3. 3Mix soy, calamansi juice, garlic, chilli and coriander for dipping.
  4. 4Eat the chicken with the dip, then cook greens and mushrooms in the broth, and finish by drinking the broth with a pinch of salt.
Serve it like this

Serve the pot on a portable burner at the table, with greens, mushrooms and the dipping sauce around it.

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Make it a meal

What goes with Hainan coconut chicken: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Mantou120 min
Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
With a main Hainanese chicken rice90 min
On the side Fish fragrant brinjal35 min
On the side Dry pot cauliflower25 min
To drink Doujiang40 min
Something sweet Tang yuan45 min
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