Thai Chicken Rice

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• 4 to 4 5 slices ginger
• 5 to 5 6 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 4 to 4 5 stalks cilantro
• Water, to cover the chicken
• 2 cups jasmine rice
• 2 tablespoons chicken fat or vegetable oil
• 3 to 3 4 cloves garlic, *minced*
• 1 piece -inch ginger, *minced*
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 to 3 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 to 2 3 Thai bird’s eye chilies, minced
• 1 piece -inch ginger, minced
• 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
• Chicken broth
• Salt
• pepper
• Optional: daikon radish or winter melon, sliced