Chinese Chicken Recipes - Deep-Fried Chicken Legs Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 large chicken legs, boned

• 2 spring onions (scallion)

• 1 slice ginger, beaten flat

• 120 ml/4 fl oz/1/2 cup soy sauce

• 5 ml/1 tsp rice wine or dry sherry

• oil for deep-frying

• 5 ml/1 tsp sesame oil

• freshly ground pepper

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Method:

1. Spread out the chicken flesh and score it all over. Beat 1 spring onion flat and chop the other. Mix the flattened spring onion with the ginger, soy sauce and wine or sherry.

2. Pour over the chicken and leave to marinate for 30 minutes. Remove and drain. Place on a plate on a steamer rack and steam for 20 minutes.

3. Heat the oil and deep-fry the chicken for about 5 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the pan, drain well and slice thickly, then arrange the slices on a warmed serving plate.

4. Heat the sesame oil, add the chopped spring onion and pepper, pour over the chicken and serve.