A simplified method to enjoy Hainanese chicken. Poached skin-on chicken thigh fillets are cut into strips, drizzled with Sichuan chili oil, and topped with ginger scallion sauce.Serve as an appetizer or a main course.
Make the ginger scallion sauce by mixing together all the ingredients in a bowl. Cover loosely and set aside.
Poach the chicken
Put the ginger and scallions in a pot and pour in the rice wine and two cups of water. Stir in the salt.
Pat the chicken thigh fillets dry with kitchen paper and slide into the pot.
Set the heat to high and bring the chicken to the boil. Cook the chicken, uncovered, for three minutes (that allows the internal temperature of the chicken to reach or even go over 165F so you don't get salmonella).
Cover the pot, turn off the stove and leave the chicken thigh fillets to finish cooking in the residual heat for seven minutes to ten minutes, depending on how thick they are.
Scoop out the chicken thigh fillets, dump into a bowl of icy water and leave them there for 30 seconds. Scoop out and drain well.
Assemble the dish
Slice the chicken thigh fillets and arrange in a bowl.
Drizzle the Sichuan chili oil sauce over and around the chicken.
Gently drop ginger scallion sauce on the chicken using a teaspoon.