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Hainanese Chicken Rice
A whole chicken poached gently and plunged into ice, with rice cooked in the poaching stock and rendered chicken…
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Hawker centre cooking, refined to a single perfect plate. 9 Singaporean recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 9 recipes cover 4 of the site’s categories, among them 6 dinners, 1 breakfast, 1 drink and 1 quick meal. Of these, 3 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Singapore Sling (5 min), Kaya Toast (18 min) and Singapore Chilli Prawns (27 min). For 2, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 2 easy, 5 medium and 2 hard.
As written, 2 are vegetarian, 1 vegan, 1 gluten-free and 7 dairy-free.
Singaporean recipes — all 9 recipes
Quick Meals
Kaya Toast
Charcoal-toasted white bread with a slab of cold butter and coconut-pandan jam, eaten with soft-boiled eggs seasoned…
Dinner
Singapore Chilli Crab
Singapore's national dish: whole crab wok-fried in a sweet, sour, savoury chilli gravy thickened with egg, eaten…
Dinner
Bak Kut Teh
Pork ribs simmered for hours with whole garlic and plenty of white pepper into a clear, peppery broth. A Singapore…
Drinks
Singapore Sling
Gin, cherry liqueur, orange liqueur and Bénédictine shaken with pineapple and lime juice and a splash of grenadine…
Breakfast
Chai Tow Kway
Cubes of steamed radish and rice flour cake pan-fried with egg, preserved radish and garlic until crisp at the edges.
Dinner
Black Pepper Crab
Crab pieces stir-fried in a sticky butter sauce with a heavy hand of coarsely cracked black pepper, garlic and…
Dinner
Singapore Chilli Prawns
Prawns in a glossy sweet and hot tomato chilli sauce with ginger, garlic and ribbons of egg, a quick take on chilli…
Dinner
Popiah
Fresh Singaporean spring rolls of tender stewed turnip and carrot, egg, peanuts and sweet sauce, wrapped in thin…