Sizzling Clay Pot Chicken
啫啫鸡煲
Chicken browned in the pan is finished in a sizzling clay pot with sand ginger and a prepared zezhe sauce.
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English adaptation and editing of authorized supplied recipes: Chinese Home Cooking.
Ingredients
Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.
- 1 kg (2 Chinese jin)chicken
- 100 gzezhe clay-pot sauce
- sand ginger (沙姜)
- onion
- cilantro
- ginger
- garlic
- rice wine
- cooking oil
Chinese jin (斤) is retained alongside its mainland market-weight equivalent: 1 jin = 500 g.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- 01
Cut the chicken into pieces. Heat oil in a pan and brown the chicken on both sides. Add the clay-pot sauce and toss to coat.
- 02
Cook ginger, the pictured onion pieces, garlic and sand ginger in a clay pot until fragrant, then add the chicken.
- 03
Cover and drizzle rice wine around the lid. Cook over medium heat for 6 minutes, then leave covered off the heat for 2 minutes. Add cilantro before serving.
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Sizzling Clay Pot Chicken
Chicken browned in the pan is finished in a sizzling clay pot with sand ginger and a prepared zezhe sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 kg (2 Chinese jin)chicken
- 100 gzezhe clay-pot sauce
- sand ginger (沙姜)
- onion
- cilantro
- ginger
- garlic
- rice wine
- cooking oil
Chinese jin (斤) is retained alongside its mainland market-weight equivalent: 1 jin = 500 g.
Method
- 01
Cut the chicken into pieces. Heat oil in a pan and brown the chicken on both sides. Add the clay-pot sauce and toss to coat.
- 02
Cook ginger, the pictured onion pieces, garlic and sand ginger in a clay pot until fragrant, then add the chicken.
- 03
Cover and drizzle rice wine around the lid. Cook over medium heat for 6 minutes, then leave covered off the heat for 2 minutes. Add cilantro before serving.
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