Hainanese Chicken Rice

Hainanese chicken rice, or locally known as Chicken Rice, is tender soft chicken (steamed or roasted) served on/with fragrant rice. It is accompanied with light soy sauce, coriander leaves, sesame oil, and a flavourful garlic-chilli dip. It is commonly sold in food centres but can be found in posh restaurants and even in school canteens.

Hainanese Chicken Rice recipe was brought over to Singapore by the Hainanese immigrants in the 1850s. The Cantonese were greatly influenced by them then and made their own adaptations. The Cantonese version of Chicken Rice allows you to add other meats such as roasted pork.
Hainanese Chicken Rice is just as famous across the border in Malaysia (Penang and Malacca) and Thailand. However, every country has it’s own adaptations and is different to suit the taste of it’s
people. (E.g. Malacca’s Hainanese Chicken Rice’s rice is in the shape of a golf-sized ball.)

Singapore’s version of Hainanese Chicken Rice is known to many foreigners. It has even been listed as one of the World’s 50 most delicious foods complied by CNN Go in 2011! Hainanese Chicken Rice is a iconic dish of Singapore, reflecting the lifestyle of Singaporeans and a dish that all fellow Singaporeans, whether rich or poor love. We believe that this dish will be here for many more years for the tummies of all Singaporeans! :-)

Source: http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_910_2005-01-11.html