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Posted on 12th Jul 2025

Claypot Chicken Rice

Think golden brown rice and melt-in-the-mouth meat for this Chicken Claypot and Mushroom Rice recipe, all brought together with a simple chilli and garlic sauce.

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Time

30 mins mins

Servings

3 people people

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Ingredients

  • 400g boned, skinless chicken thighs
  • 8 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked and drained
  • 280g jasmine rice
  • 340ml water
  • a thumb-size piece of ginger
  • 1 spring onion
  • 1½ tablespoons vegetable oil

THE MARINADE

  • 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Shaoxing rice wine
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cornflour

CHILLI AND GARLIC SAUCE

  • ½ tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 large fresh red chilli, roughly chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, bashed and peeled but kept whole
  • 6 tablespoons dark soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

Method

• To make the chilli and garlic sauce, heat the vegetable oil in a small saucepan over a medium heat. Add the chilli and garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds, then add the soy sauce and sugar to the pan, bring to a boil and cook for a further 30 seconds, until the sauce has caramelised slightly but is still runny. Pour into a ramekin ready for later.

• Cut the chicken thighs into 5mm slices and put in a bowl. Cut the drained, soaked mushrooms into fine slices and add to the chicken slices. Add the marinade ingredients to the bowl and, using your hands, rub them together until all the marinade has been absorbed.

• Rinse the rice 2–3 times to get rid of any excess starch, then drain the rice through a sieve. Measure out the water for cooking in a jug. Finely slice the ginger and spring onion.

BUILD YOUR WOK CLOCK: place your ginger at 12 o’clock, then arrange the rice, water, marinated chicken bowl and spring onion clockwise around your plate.

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