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Our 1st Viral Recipe, Now Perfected! Soy Sauce Chicken 豉油鸡 Chinese Whole Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- Chicken1 kg
- Salt9 tsp
- Dark soy sauce10 tbsp
- Ginger · sliced thinly15 g
- Scallion1
- Brown sugar60 g
- Cinnamon stick1
- Star anise2
- Garlic2 bulbs
- Shaoxing wine100 ml
- Sesame oil1
- Sugar2 tsp
- Cornstarch1
Instructions
- Put the chicken in a stockpot. Mix 2 tsp salt, the dark soy sauce, sliced ginger and the knotted spring onion, and rub or pour it over the chicken to marinate.
- Dissolve the sugar in about 1.5 L of hot water, then top up with water to 2.5 L. Add the cinnamon stick, star anise, garlic bulbs, 2 tbsp salt and the rice wine if using.
- Bring the liquid to a boil, add the marinated chicken, and simmer until cooked through.
- For the sauce, reserve about 300 ml of the braising liquid, add 1 tsp salt and 2 tsp sugar, and simmer until seasoned. Thicken with a little cornflour solution.
- Lift the chicken out, coat it with a little sesame oil to keep it from drying out, and serve with the sauce.
Summarized from Spice N' Pans's video. Watch it for the details.
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