chinese wine braised chicken 黄焖鸡

a friend bought dinner at 重庆烤鱼 on 18.7.2016.

one of the dishes was chinese wine braised chicken 黄焖鸡. the sauce was good but the chicken was dry & tough.

so i decided to make my own.

steamed chicken

i marinated 1/2 chicken in chinese wine 花雕酒, sesame oil, fish sauce, oyster sauce, corn flour & some good light soy sauce. then steamed in a steam oven for 30mins.

this preparation is similar to my very nice claypot rice. the chicken was very tender & smooth.

ginger, onions, scallions, leek

i then fried ginger, chilli padi, onions, scallions, leek & added the marinade from the steamed chicken & cooked the vegetables.

chinese wine braised chicken 黄焖鸡

so i had a very tasty sauce & vegetables & a tender, sweet chicken.

chinese wine braised chicken 黄焖鸡

anyway i think the steaming may not be necessary. important thing just to marinade the chicken well then cook the vegetables with the marinade & add the chicken & cook for about 8mins (for debone chicken in my case), wings & wingstick a bit longer.

chinese wine braised chicken 黄焖鸡

the 花雕酒 & sesame oil flavours were excellent, and the leeks especially nice having infused all the flavours. i found that in the dish at 重庆烤鱼. that’s why i added leek to scallions, yellow onions & also some cut ginger & chilli padi.

i did this dish for a family dinner on 20.7.2016.

a very enjoyable dinner indeed!

c.h.e.f andy

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cut chicken (i used 1.4kg large chicken from sheng shiong or giant)
• 2cm sliced ginger
• 2 tsp chopped garlic
• 2 stalk scallions
• 1 leek
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 cut chilli padi

marinade:

• 2 tbsp chinese wine 花雕酒
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1tbsp corn flour

Directions:

1. marinate 1/2 chicken for 2 hrs in chinese wine 花雕酒, sesame oil, fish sauce, oyster sauce, corn flour & good light soy sauce.
2. fry ginger, chilli padi, garlic till fragrant. add onions, scallions, leek. add marinade from the chicken & cooked the vegetables.
3. add cut chicken & cook for about 12mins (about 6mins for debone chicken in my case), wings & wingstick a bit longer. anyway make sure chicken is cooked. add little water as required.
4. the 花雕酒 & sesame oil flavours were excellent, and the leeks especially nice having infused all the flavours.