Chinese Chicken Recipes - Marinated Golden Chicken Stew Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 chicken pieces

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups soy sauce

• oil for deep-frying

• 4 spring onions (scallions), thickly sliced

• 1 slice ginger root, minced

• 2 red chili peppers, sliced

• 3 cloves star anise

• 50 g/2 oz bamboo shoots, sliced

• 150 ml/2/3 cup chicken stock

• 30 ml/2 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 60 ml/4 tbsp water

• 5 ml/1 tsp sesame oil

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Method:

1. Cut the chicken into large chunks and marinate in the soy sauce for 10 minutes. Remove and drain, reserving the soy sauce.

2. Heat the oil and deep-fry the chicken for about 2 minutes until lightly browned. Remove and drain.

3. Pour off all but 30 ml/2 tbsp of the oil then add the spring onions, ginger, chili peppers and star anise arid fry for 1 minute.

4. Return the chicken to the pan with the bamboo shoots and reserved soy sauce and add just enough stock to cover the chicken. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 10 minutes until the chicken is tender.

5. Remove the chicken from the sauce with a slotted spoon and arrange on a warmed serving dish. Strain the sauce then return it to the pan.

6. Blend the corn-flour and water to a paste, stir into the sauce and simmer, stirring, until the sauce thickens. Pour over the chicken and serve sprinkled with a little sesame oil.