How to make Singapore Claypot Rice at Home

Claypot rice is a traditional delicacy from Guangdong Province, China. Claypot cooking existed for thousand of years, there's no record of claypot rice origin. Claypot has very good heat retention properties which allow food to be kept warm longer. This Cantonese rice dish is popular in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. There tons of different kind of ingredient used in different places. The most popular ingredients used in Singapore are chicken, lap Cheong and salted fish. Claypot rice should also come with thinly burned crust to add an extra level of crunchiness when eating. Traditionally cooked with charcoal giving it a distinctive flavour, however it is hard to find hawker that uses charcoal for their claypot rice.