1. Rub salt all over chicken, soak in rice wine for around half an hour, rinse.
2. Boil a pot of water, toss chicken in, add smashed ginger slices, two tsp of chicken powder and two tsp of salt, cover the lid and bring to a boil with high heat, then lower to medium heat, cook for 30-40 minutes until cooked.
3. Drain chicken, transfer to a bath of ice cold water, remove when chilled, shred the chicken, keeping only the meat but not the skin.
4. Thinly slice onion, soak in water for 15 minutes to make it more mellow.
5. Tear off the mint and laksa leaves from branches, then thinly slice together with sweet basil, place on top of the shredded chicken.
6. Drain onion, scatter over shredded chicken, then add a finely chopped chilli pepper, sugar, salt, chicken powder and lime juice, mix well, transfer to a serving plate.
7. Garnish with chopped peanuts, fried shallot and sesame, serve.