Roast Chicken (Rice) 烧鸡饭
- For a start, the chicken is rubbed all over with salt, including the cavity.
- Set the chicken aside.
- Mix 6 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce, 5 tablespoon Maltose, 1 tablespoon Water and Juice of 1 Lime, together.
- Bring the marinade mixture to a simmer.
- Blanch the chicken with the marinade mixture by scooping the mixture with spoon and pour over the chicken.
- Continue doing till the whole chicken coated with the marinade and is tinted light brown.
- This chicken should be should be about 30% cooked on the outside.
- Hang the chicken to air dry. I cheated by placing it in the refrigerator uncovered. :P
- Prepare a pot of hot oil.
- Place the whole chicken into the oil to cook it.
- Remove when chicken is thoroughly cooked.
- Hang to drip the chicken from excess oil.
- Serve it with Chicken Rice, fresh cucumber or tomato and drizzle of a mixture of light soy sauce and sesame seed oil.