Savoury Rice (Microwave Cooking)

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups rice
2 pieces chicken thigh meat-deboned
1 piece of ginger grated and squeezed to get 2 tbsp ginger juice
1 sprig spring onion sliced for garnishing
2 tbsp oil
3 shallots-sliced thinly

Marinade
2 tbsp soya sauce
1 tsp dark soya sauce
1 tsp pepper
1 tbsp cornflour
1/4 tsp salt
Method 
1. Slice chicken and marinade with soya sauce,pepper,ginger juice and cornflour.
2. Microwave shallot with 2 tbsp oil on high for 3 minutes uncovered till golden.Put aside for garnishing.
3. Wash rice and drain well add 1 1/2 cup water into a microwaveable claypot and cook on high for 10 minutes uncovered. 
4. Once the rice has absorb all the water put the chicken on top of the rice and microwave again covered for 5 minutes on medium power.
5. Leave the rice inside the claypot for awhile more,mix the meat well with rice and season  and serve garnish with the fried shallots and spring onion.


This is a simple and nice dish which we learn during our homescience period more than 30 years ago we were taught using rice cooker but i adapted it using microwave as it is faster and you don't have to worry whether the chicken will be cook or not using rice cooker.I serve this with blanched kai lan with garlic and oyster sauce to complete the meal.It is very nice with chicken rice chill.Yummy and easy to cook.Hope you all will like it.Enjoy!