Hainanese Chicken Rice Made Easy For Two - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    For Chicken
    2 chicken breast halves
    1 slice fresh ginger (thumb)
    2 tablespoons minced garlic (from a jar is fine)
    32 ounces chicken broth (pre-made, with salt)
    For Rice
    2 cups long grain rice
    3 1/2 cups chicken stock (reserved from chicken)
    For Garnish
    sesame oil
    shrimp paste (found in Oriental groceries)
Preparation
    Mince ginger and garlic, if needed.
    Place all the ingredients for the chicken - chicken breasts, ginger, garlic and chicken broth - in a pot (if needed, add water until chicken is covered) and boil until chicken is done. It is done when it comes apart with a fork.
    Take the chicken breasts out of the pot, place on a plate and coat in sesame oil.
    Cool stock.
    Add rice to rice cooker and 3 1/2 cups liquid from the pot to the rice cooker and cook rice according to manufacturer's directions.
    Cut chicken breasts into thin slices, serve on rice with shrimp paste.

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