It depends on who you ask. The poached chicken and rice dish was invented on Hainan island, China’s southernmost province, but it appears on menus all over Southeast Asia. In Singapore ...

If you were go to to Hainan island in southern China and ask for Hainan chicken rice, cooks there would probably roll their eyes. Hainan chicken rice isn't called that there, and it's not served ...

Hainanese chicken rice has roots in Hainan, an island off China’s south coast. But it’s a popular dish in many Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore.