Soy sauce chicken
Soy sauce chicken, from above
Non vegGuangdong

Soy sauce chicken

Chicken poached in sweet soy master stock until it shines like polished wood.

60 minTime
51 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayChicken poached in sweet soy master stock.
The original
489kcalsame
51 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
60minutessame

See yao gai, Cantonese soy sauce chicken.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)4 whole legs or 1 small chicken
Soy sauce½ cup
Dark soy sauce4 tbsp
Sugar4 tbsp, rock sugar
Water3 cups
Star anise3
Whole spices1 cinnamon stick, 2 bay leaves
Gingerslices
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)3 stalks
Garlic4 cloves
Sesame oil1 tsp

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Simmer soy sauces, sugar, water, spices, ginger, spring onion and garlic for 10 minutes.
  2. 2Add the chicken skin side down, return to a gentle simmer and cook 20 minutes, basting.
  3. 3Turn, cover, switch off the heat and steep 20 minutes until cooked through with no pink.
  4. 4Brush with sesame oil, chop and spoon over a little reduced stock.
Serve it like this

Chop through the bone and lay on a plate over rice, spoon over a little stock, and add blanched greens.

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On the side Stir fried bok choy with garlic10 min
On the side Steamed spare ribs with black bean40 min
To drink Hong Kong lemon tea15 min
Something sweet Fa gao40 min
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