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Three Cup Chicken ~ 三杯鸡

 


Three Cup Chicken is a very popular Taiwanese dish and it gets its name from the recipe which calls for a cup to measure the sauces, namely sesame oil, soy sauce, and rice wine together with some dark soy sauce, garlic, ginger, chillies and basil leaves.  This is indeed a very flavourful dish and certainly goes well with a bowl of  plain white rice......a keeper recipe for sure! 





Three Cup Chicken ~ 三杯鸡

Ingredients

  • 900 gm free-range chicken, chopped into bite size
  • 6 Tbsp + 1 Tbsp Shaoxing wine  (the 1 Tbsp is for seasoning the chicken)
  • 4 Tbsp light soya sauce
  • 3 Tbsp sesame oil
  • 1/2  Tbsp dark soya sauce
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 12 pips garlic, chopped
  • 10 gm ginger, sliced thinly
  • 1 red chilli, sliced
  • Fresh Thai Basil leaves
  • a bit of salt

Preparation

  1. Season the chicken pieces with 1/2 tsp salt and the 1 Tbsp wine for about 2 to 3 hours.
  2. Heat up a wok with 1.1/2 Tbsp sesame oil, stir-fry the seasoned chicken pieces till light brown.
  3. Push the chicken aside and add in the remaining sesame oil, garlic, ginger pieces and chillies.  Stir-fry for a short while.
  4. Pour in the soya sauce and wine. 
  5. Add in the dark soya sauce, sugar, reduce heat to medium low and cook, covered for about 10 mins. or till chicken is tender.
  6. Remove cover, fine tune to taste, cook till sauce is semi dry.
  7. Turn off heat, toss in Thai basil leaves, mix well.
  8. Dish out and serve hot with rice.


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