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Perfect Char Siu Chicken for the Holidays!

Perfect Char Siu Chicken for the Holidays!

By CiCi Li · 180 min

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Scrub the chicken skin with a paper towel to remove any filaments.
  2. Cut out the backbone with kitchen shears to spatchcock each chicken, then cut a notch into the breastbone. Repeat with the second chicken.
  3. In a bowl, whisk together the fermented red bean curd, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, Shaoxing wine, five-spice powder and white pepper until smooth.
  4. Rub the marinade all over the chickens, coating every surface. Refrigerate overnight.
  5. Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C).
  6. Set a roasting rack over a foil-lined roasting pan. Arrange the chickens skin-side down and roast for 15 minutes.

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