It wasn't much different from what she knew, but the method was more authentic, so Yu Yao used the new method.
The chicken was a Wenchang chicken that Lu Ze bought early in the morning from the countryside. When he cut it open, it was full of yellow chicken fat, and the meat was very fresh and tender.
Yu Yao trimmed off the excess chicken fat and skin, put them in a small bowl, and would use them to render chicken fat later.
She marinated the whole chicken in an enamel basin with seasonings, and while she was doing so, she began to render the chicken fat.
If the chicken fat is rendered properly, the chicken rice will be more fragrant later.
The chicken that Lu Ze bought was very fat. The chicken fat rendered out filled a large bowl, and the rich aroma filled the kitchen and then wafted out to the yard.
The men working in the yard were all drowsy from the aroma, and they worked with even more energy.
Yu Yao didn't scoop out all the chicken fat from the pot, leaving some oil at the bottom to sauté the scallions, ginger, and garlic. Then she added the chicken bones she had removed and stir-fried them until fragrant before adding water.
Wu Wanying brought over a bucket. "Zhizhi, use the water in this bucket. Your mother and I found a spring under a rock today. It's clear and sweet. The water in this bucket is all from that spring."
"I didn't expect there to be a mountain spring in the back mountain. I'll have Lu Ze bring it down, so we won't have to go all the way to the well to fetch water anymore."
Yu Yao scooped five or six ladles of spring water with a gourd ladle and rubbed it over the chicken bones. She then put the marinated chicken in and brought it to a boil over high heat, then simmered it over low heat for twenty minutes.
Strain the cooked chicken broth and pour in a large bowl of chicken fat that was previously rendered out, then use it to cook rice.
After Lu Ze and his group moved all the furniture to the designated room, the Hainanese chicken rice was ready.
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