Succulent, gently poached chicken, soothing soup, fragrant rice and a sparkly ginger-scallion sauce. What’s not to love? By Mia Leimkuhler Kevin Pang’s Hainan chicken rice.Credit...Christopher ...

If you were go to to Hainan island in southern China and ask for Hainan chicken rice, cooks there would probably roll their eyes. Hainan chicken rice isn't called that there, and it's not served ...

It depends on who you ask. The poached chicken and rice dish was invented on Hainan island, China’s southernmost province, but it appears on menus all over Southeast Asia. In Singapore ...

“The main flavours and textures of the dish can be likened to traditional Hainan chicken rice, but with a twist,” explains Sato, who reveals that instead of cooking the rice in chicken ...