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Chinese Steamed Chicken

This recipe for Chinese Steamed Chicken is from China Sichuan Food.
Sounds very good. If you have a steamer basket for your rice, perfect, use that, or use any steaming method you prefer. On my to cook list for sure.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Lunch, Main Dish
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 2 servings

Equipment

  • Rice Cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 1 half chicken, see Step 1
  • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, cut into long thin strips
  • 1 tablespoon spring onion, cut in half lengthwise

For Marinating

  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese cooking wine, or white wine
  • ½ teaspoon salt

For the Dipping Sauce

  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 clove garlic, smashed and minced
  • 1 tablespoon spring onion, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Instructions
 

  • For the chicken you can use half a chicken or chickens parts to your liking, I will use legs and thighs when I make this. You would want about 500-750 grams (about 1-1½ lb) of chicken.
  • Clean the chicken and then spread the marinating sauce evenly on both sides. Lay ginger shreds and green onion shreds over to marinate at least 30 minutes.
  • Then place in your steamer. I am going to use my rice cooker steamer tray. If you are using a steamer with wok or pot, steam with high heat for around 20 to 30 minutes until soft (or you can easily insert a chop sticker in). Transfer out and cut into chunks of your favorite size. Sprinkle with spring onion.
  • While the chicken is steaming, prepare the dipping sauce. In a small sauce pan, heat up 1 tablespoon sesame oil and stir fry chopped garlic and spring onion until aromatic. Then add oyster sauce, light soy sauce, and water. Mix well and bring to a boil. Transfer to dipping bowls and cool down a little bit. Serve the chicken with the dipping sauce and rice on the side.

Notes

If using 500 grams of quarters (separated before or after steaming), this would cost 37 Baht. For 2 servings, this is about 54 cents per serving.