Authentic Chinese Soy Sauce Chicken
1 hour
This is a simple and authentic Chinese recipe. The chicken tastes like what is available at Chinese restaurants in Chinatown. The ingredients should be easily available from Chinese grocerers. The sauce to cook the chicken can also be reused several times. Tip: Put the sauce in the refrigerator after cooking and remove the (harden) layer of oil before reusing.
4 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1.2 kg whole chicken cleaned
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 bottle (410 ml) Lee Kum Kee Chicken Marinade
- 410 ml water
- 4 cloves crushed garlic
- 4 slices crushed ginger, 1 cm each
- 1 piece star anise
- 1 teaspoon five spice powder
- 100 ml chinese cooking wine
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:50min ›
Ready in:1hour
- Saute garlic and ginger in sesame oil till fragrant.
- Add Lee Kum Kee Chicken Marinade, water, star anise, five spice powder and bring to a boil.
- Turn heat to low, add chicken to sauce and pour chinese cooking wine over chicken. It is expected that the liquid will cover only about half the chicken. Do not cover the pot.
- Turn chicken after 20 minutes and cook other side for another 20 minutes on low heat.
- Remove chicken from pot and let it cool for a few minutes.
- Cut chicken into pieces, lay them on a plate and serve with some sauce over the meat.
