Best Cơm Gà Hải Nam in Chicago

Cơm gà Hải Nam — Vietnamese-style Hainanese chicken rice — is a dish that traveled from Hainan, China through Southeast Asia, finding a particularly welcoming home in Vietnam. The dish features silky poached chicken served with fragrant ginger rice, accompanied by a trio of dipping sauces: ginger-scallion oil, sweet soy sauce, and chili-garlic sauce. In Saigon, the Vietnamese version often adds a turmeric-golden chicken skin and a ginger fish sauce (nước mắm gừng) that distinguishes it from the Singapore and Thai versions. In Chicago, this dish can be found at several Vietnamese and Chinese restaurants.