Chicken Recipes - White Cut Chicken Recipe

 
 

Chinese Chickens Recipes - White Cut Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

  • 5 1/2 -6 lb. fat capon

  • salt

  • 1/2 oz. fresh ginger, crushed


Method:

  1. Have ready a pot of slightly salted boiling water, enough to cover the bird. Lower the cleaned capon into it, put on the lid and bring to the boil again.

  2. Lift out the bird by inserting the handle of a wooden spoon into the vent and drain the liquid back into the pot.

  3. Sprinkle the inside of the bird with salt and place half the crushed ginger in it. Drop the rest of the ginger into the pot and return the bird to it. Cover, bring to the boil again, and simmer for 5 minutes.

  4. Remove the pot from the, heat and leave it, covered, for 1 hour when the bird will be just warm. Carve the capon into suitable pieces and coat them with the garlic sauce if used.