One of my favorite dishes is Hainanese Chicken Rice.  True making is to boil chicken, ice it, repeat, skim fat, etc.,, But, I like it when i can do the quick way and it still turns out tasty! 

I just put Chinese koji aka green koji on chicken, microwave it, then use the jus (the liquid stock) to cook the rice and voila!  I add  [Japanese] cucumbers mixed with kimchi koji and I am a happy person in less than 45 min (cooking rice takes time, but rice cooker takes care of it!). 

Because of koji, meat doesn't harden, it just gives a nice moist texture!