Three cups chicken三杯雞

三杯雞

Sān bēi jī

Three cups chicken
As promised, there is my Three cups chicken recipe. This is a speciality of the Ningdu county of Jianxi. A meal that became very popular in Taiwan. In this recipe i use Chicken drumstick beaucause I just really like this. I use 9 of them. To make it good, use chicken that has alot of fat.The rock sugar will help to make it shinny, but if you can't find it, just use brown sugar, but it won't as shinny as it is...

For 9 drumsticks:

-120 ml of light soy sauce

-80 ml of dark soy sauce

-200 ml of sesame oil

-200 ml of Shaoxing wine, or xeres

-1 star anise

-1 chunk of ginger, cut into slices

-4 cloves of garlic, cut in half

-1 chunk of rock sugar

-1/2 ts of 5 spices powder

-1 bunch of basil, only leaves

|Add a bit of the sesame oil in wok, and brown the chicken

|When browned, add the garlic, anis and ginger pieces, cook 2 more minutes

|Add the wine, the spices, the sauces, and the oil, then add the sugar.

|Lower the heat, cover, the simmer for 30 minutes, remove from the heat.

|Add the basil, stir, and cover for 5 minutes. Then its ready

Vary: Basil -> Cilantro
          Anis -> Cardamom

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