FollowThis was what I dished up for lunch at the eleventh hour last Friday just before we rushed Cass to the hospital.
Rice cooker chicken rice – this is seriously easy and fast to cook and anyone can cook this. And it tastes seriously delish!!
I had no intention to cook lunch on that fateful Friday. I wanted to take-away some soup noodles for the girls’ lunch. But when Cass could not even walk due to flank and abdomen pain caused by the UTI, I panicked and decided to rush her to the hospital. But Alycia and Sherilyn were not back from school yet and I had no time to buy lunch for them. So I quickly cut some slits on the half defrosted chicken drumsticks and did a quick marinate for the chicken with soy sauce, sesame seed oil and pepper.
An hour after marinating the chicken, I cooked the rice. Ideally, the chicken should be marinated for at least half a day so that the sauces seep into the meat and bone of the chicken.
Seasoning for the rice composed of:
Abalone sauce (MIL bought it from Hong Kong). You can use oyster sauce too.
Sesame seed oil
Pepper
Soy sauce
Some sliced ginger (you can omit this if your kids don’t like ginger)
Fried garlic oil / onion oil
And pour in remaining marinate sauce from chicken into the rice cooker
Remember to add in about 1/2 cup extra water when cooking the rice. Let’s say you normally put 2 cups of water to your rice, now you put 2 1/2 cups of water.
Press ‘cook rice’ function and less than an hour later….
…everyone had fast-food chicken rice that’s much more healthier and yummier than stall bought ones.
When Alycia and Sherilyn got back from school, I told them that I had cooked chicken rice for them. I also sliced some cucumbers for them, in the fridge. We then left for the hospital with Alycia and Sherilyn holding the fort at home.
I highly recommend cooking this one-pot dish on your super busy days. It won’t take you more than 10 minutes of prep time. The chicken can be pre-marinated and frozen on your free days. You can use drumsticks or thighs.
Happy trying and I am sure you and your family will love it!
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