20 Must-Try Claypot Rice in Singapore For Crackly Rice and Juicy Meat
Crackly rice, tender meat, sweet and savoury pieces of lup cheong (Chinese sausage) drenched in black sauce and cooked over an open flame – claypot rice is the quintessential Cantonese comfort food. Good things take time to make, and oftentimes you’ll find yourselves waiting upwards of 20 minutes for a serving. Well, you know what they say: good things are worth the wait. Here are 20 claypot rice in Singapore you just can’t miss!
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132 Claypot Rice
Old Airport Road Food Centre is another destination location for foodies. Head over to 132 Claypot Rice to satisfy your claypot cravings, where there’s a generous serving of tender chicken chunks and savoury lup cheong, and you can also top up for some salted fish or salted egg yolk. There’s a good balance of sweet and salty flavours, and you won’t be able to resist scrapping the charred bits of r...
Bao Fa Traditional Food
Widely touted to be one of the best claypot rice in the West, Bao Fa Traditional Food serves claypot rice alongside a range of other comforting rice and noodle dishes. Their claypot rice is cooked to order so expect a short wait. Topped with salted fish and drizzled generously with chilli, this is something worth travelling to Bukit Batok for! Address: 283 Bukit Batok East Ave 3, Singapore 6502...
Broadway Claypot Rice
Nestled in the heartlands of Ang Mo Kio, Broadway Claypot Rice has more than 30 years of history and is well-known in the area. Here, you get to choose between two types of claypot rice: Kampong Chicken or Normal Chicken. Slow cooked over fire and served piping hot and steaming, the dish is smoky and tantalising, while the chunks of chicken and lup cheong are tender and juicy. And if you absolutel...
Cantonese Claypot Rice
Located in Beo Crescent Market, here you will get claypot rice filled with well-marinated chunks of chicken, some salted fish to give the dish a pop of fragrant brininess, glistening lap cheong with its rendered fats coating the rice below, accompanied by a healthy amount of greens to cut through all that savoury goodness. They also have other selections, including the Claypot Sausages Bacon Pork...
Deng Wen Ji
Deng Wen Ji is one of those interesting eateries that specialises in both Charcoal Claypot Rice and Wanton Mee, along with Prawn Noodles, tze char and even Roasted Duck. The shop is helmed by Chef Chong Hoi Ching who was previously an ex-chef from the famed Geylang Claypot Rice, and he has more than 20 years of experience under his belt. Cooked over charcoal fire with fresh chicken, lap cheong, sa...
Fei Kee Claypot Chicken Rice
Located along Beach Road, Fei Kee is another great claypot rice option if you’re a purist. Each one is cooked to order, with the rice cooked from scratch in the claypot along with generous amounts of chicken thigh meat and lap cheong, and finally topped with cabbage. Instead of salted fish, the stall uses crunchy small dried shrimps to introduce an element of saltiness just before serving. Add...
Geylang Claypot Rice
Cooked first with a gas stove and ending off on a charcoal stove, Geylang Claypot Rice’s signature dish is slow-cooked to ensure that the wonderful flavours of chicken, lup cheong, waxed meat and salted fish are fully infused into their carefully selected premium rice. Besides claypot rice, you can also order tze char dishes here! Address: 361, 363, 365 Beach Rd, Singapore 199576 Opening Hours...
He Ping Claypot Rice
He Ping Claypot Rice has been serving claypot rice for over 40 years and the rice is still prepared the traditional way with charcoal, so be prepared to wait 30 minutes or more. Something different about the way the claypot rice here is served: the chicken chunks, chinese sausage, salted fish and salted duck egg yolk are removed before the dark sauce and oil are poured in. Address: 148 Sims Ave...
Le Chasseur
It might not sound like it, but Le Chasseur is actually a Chinese restaurant serving tze char and claypot rice! Order the Signature Claypot Rice before anything else as the wait is about 20 minutes. The smoky flavour and charred basmati rice at the bottom of the pot will complement the rest of your dishes. They also have a satisfyingly spicy sambal belacan that goes incredibly well with their clay...
Lian He Ben Ji
Established in 1979, Lian He Ben Ji prides itself on delivering nostalgic flavours with traditional cooking methods. Every serving is cooked to order, and with no lack of customers, be prepared to wait anything from 30 minutes to over an hour. Over here, each claypot is cooked to a boil over a gas stove for five minutes. Once boiling, the ingredients are added so all the flavours will seep into th...