Steamed Whole Chicken

This is a simple way to prepare 'Pak Cham Khai' instead of the usual boiling method. Ingredients need are spring onions and ginger, salt and wine.  The chicken should be ready by 40 - 45 minutes.

Ingredients

1 whole chicken - properly cleaned and innards remove

A few ginger slices

1 stalk spring onions - cleaned and knotted

some salt and wine

• Put ginger and sping onion on a steaming tray. 
• Rub chicken with wine and salt and place on steaming tray
• Steam chicken over boiling water for 25 minutes.  Off fire and leave for 15 minutes before removing cover.  Keep the chicken stock for chilli sauce.
• Brush with sesame oil while hot. Cut into smaller pieces before serving with chilli sauce.  

Note:

The same method can be used to steam just a drumstick or half chicken.  Reduce steaming time to 15 minutes, off fire and leave for 15 minutes.  I didn't cut the chicken because I am keeping the chicken to be smoked [please refer posting on smoked whole chicken].

Chilli Sauce for Chicken

This is a simple chilli sauce that goes well with the steamed chicken or smoked chicken.

Ingredients [blend and combine together]

5 red chilli

3-4 cloves garlic

20 g ginger

4 tbsp vinegar or less

Juice of 2 limes

salt and sugar to taste

chicken stock

• Blend all ingredients together then pour hot boiling chicken stock over blended ingredients.