Mouth-Watering Chicken 口水鸡 - Chinese Recipe

Mouth-Watering Chicken 口水鸡

🌍 Chinese, Sichuan Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken (1.3kg)
• (Poaching) ginger slices
• green onion stalks
• salt
• (Sauce) 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Chinkiang vinegar
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 3 tbsp chili oil
• 2 tsp Sichuan peppercorn oil
• 2 cloves garlic (minced)
• 1 tsp ginger (minced)
• 2 stalks green onion (sliced)
• 2 tbsp sesame paste thinned with water
• 1 tbsp roasted sesame seeds
• crushed peanuts

Method

1. Step 1 — Bring pot of water to boil with ginger and green onion. Add chicken; reduce to bare simmer. Poach 30 min (internal 75°C (165°F)).
2. Transferring — Transfer chicken to ice bath 10 min. Pat dry; chop into pieces.
3. Whisking — Whisk sauce ingredients together.
4. Arranging — Arrange chicken on plate; drizzle generously with sauce. Top with sesame seeds and peanuts.

Tags: chicken, ginger slices, green onion stalks, 3 tbsp soy sauce, chinkiang vinegar · Source: Brittani's Almanac