Inauthentic Singaporean Chicken Rice

Ingredients

• 1 x 1.5kg of chicken
• 50g of fresh ginger, sliced
• 6 garlic cloves, unpeeled & bashed
• 4 tbsp of tamari or soy sauce
• 2 tbsp of coriander seeds
• 2 tsp of black peppercorns
• 3 star anise
• 6 cloves
• 300g of short-grain brown rice, rinsed well
• 400g of choi sum or pak choi
• 300g of ripe tomatoes, diced
• 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
• 4 spring onions, shredded
• Small bunch of coriander, torn
• 4 tbsp of Cheat’s Quick Chilli Oil or Chinese chiu chow chilli oil (shop-bought)
• 3 tbsp of light olive oil
• 1 tsp of toasted sesame oil
• 2 tsp of tamari or light soy sauce
• ½ tsp of brown sugar
• 1 garlic clove, grated
• ½ tsp of chilli flakes