Hainan chicken rice is maybe my favorite chicken dish — nourishing but not heavy, comforting but not cloying. And the elements branch out into helpful leftovers.

If you didn’t grow up eating the dish, it may be difficult to understand the allure of unassuming poached chicken and rice. Here are two new specialists in the SGV to check out now.

If you didn't grow up eating the dish, it may be difficult to understand the allure of unassuming poached chicken and rice. Here are two new specialists in the SGV to check out now.

Hainan Chicken House in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is decked out in images of poultry — a tribute to its specialty, chicken rice.

One of the most traditional Hainan chicken rice versions is poached chicken on a bed of chicken stock-punctuated rice and served alongside cucumber slices, and sauces like ginger-scallion, sweet ...

Elsy MektrakarnNguyen's family always includes Hainan chicken rice as part of their Lunar New Year table.

Hainan chicken has a range of preparations. Singapore claims it as its national dish, but it’s popular in Malaysia, where the rice is rolled into balls and served on the side.

Having tasted Hainanese chicken rice in both Hainan and Malaysia, Heng said the dish was different in the two places with regard to its sauce and way of cooking.

Boiled chicken, rice cooked with chicken oil, and dip make up the simple and delicious Hainan chicken rice, which has been lingering nostalgia for overseas Chinese in Southeast Asian countries ...

HAINAN, China – It might have been the strangest brief I have ever received from an editor. “I want you to go there, try their chicken rice and tell me what you think,” he said, catching me ...