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Vietnamese style Ginger Scallion Whole Chicken plus Soup (薑蔥雞飯和湯)

A Vietnamese twist on Hainan Chicken with fresh scallion and ginger sauce, a whole chicken, and soup.
Prep Time1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Course: Main Course, Sauce, Soup
Cuisine: Chinese, Vietnamese
Keyword: Chicken Soup, Ginger, Scallion, Whole chicken
Servings: 6 people
Cost: $20

Ingredients

Chicken and Soup

  • 1 Whole chicken
  • 2-3 cups Rice
  • Fresh water
  • 10 Button mushrooms
  • 10 Bok choy

Ginger Scallion Sauce

  • 2-3 Bunches of scallion (green onion)
  • 1.5 Ginger root
  • 2 tbsp Neutral oil (avocado oil, vegetable, grapeseed)
  • 2 tsp salt

Instructions

Cook chicken

  • Add enough Fresh water in a large pot to submerge chicken. Turn on heat and wait for water to boil. Once boiling, add 1 Whole chicken to the pot.
  • After cooking chicken for 5 minutes, carefully pour out the water in the drain and remove the chicken temporarily. Pouring out the water reduces odor in the soup.
  • Add more Fresh water to the large pot, enough to submerge the chicken. Turn on the heat and wait for water to boil again.
  • Using the edge of a spoon, peel about 1 thumb worth of the 1.5 Ginger root. Cut the bit of ginger into thick slices.
  • Once the pot of water is boiling, add the whole chicken and sliced ginger to the pot. Boil for 25 minutes.
  • Wash and rinse 2-3 cups Rice. Start the rice cooker so it's ready when the chicken and soup are ready.
  • After 25 minutes, carefully remove the chicken from the pot. Set chicken aside to cool for 5 minutes.
  • Using a heavy butcher's knife, chop up the whole chicken and plate. Chicken may be served either hot or cold.

Make ginger scallion sauce

  • Peel and cut the remaining 1.5 Ginger root.
  • Wash and cut up the 2-3 Bunches of scallion into 3 inch chunks.
  • Using a food processor, chop the Ginger and Scallions until it's a fine, green, pulpy paste.
  • Heat up a small flat pan and add 2 tbsp Neutral oil. When oil is hot and runny, add the processed ginger scallion paste. Cook for 5-7 minutes, stirring constantly so the ginger scallion paste doesn't burn. Add more oil if desired.
  • Add 2 tsp salt to the cooked ginger scallion sauce and stir the salt in.
  • Set ginger scallion sauce to the side to cool.

Finish up with soup

  • Wash 10 Button mushrooms and chop into quarters down the stem.
  • Wash 10 Bok choy and chop off about a ¼ inch of the stems. Make sure to wash off all the dirt.
  • After the chicken is removed from the pot, continue the soup on a medium simmer. Add chopped mushrooms and cook for 15 minutes total.
  • 10 minutes after adding mushrooms, add bok choy and cook for about 5 minutes.
  • Turn off heat.
  • Serve chicken, either hot or cold, with rice and ginger scallion sauce. Serve soup on the side. Enjoy!