Chicken Simmered in Soy and Star Anise
photo by duonyte
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon grated ginger
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
- 1⁄2 cup Chinese wine or 1/2 cup dry sherry
- 2 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 bunch bok choy or 1 bunch chinese greens, trimmed and halved
directions
- Place the ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, cooking wine or sherry, star anise, cinnamon stick and sugar in a frying pan over high heat and bring to a boil.
- Add the chicken and cook for 6-7 minutes on each side or until cooked through.
- Add the greens to the pan and cook for 2 minutes or until tender.
- Place chicken and greens on serving plates and spoon over pan juices as sauce.
- Serve with steamed rice.
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Reviews
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Delicious! I read through all of the reviews and here's my version: I prepped the sauce first thing in the morning and pounded out to 1/2" thickness chicken thighs and cut into thirds. Used 1/4 of the sauce as a marinade for the chicken. Chinese wine instead of dry sherry, reduced the fresh ginger to 1 tablespoon so a seven year old wouldn't complain about being too spicy. Refrigerated the chicken for about five hours. In a wok heated up a little bit of sesame oil on medium heat and lightly sautéed baby spinach. Plated the spinach then poured the sauce into the wok and brought to boil. Added the chicken and cooked both sides about 6 minutes, adding one clove of garlic minced the final 20-30 seconds just until fragrant. Transferred the chicken to the platter. Garnished with fresh cilantro, scallions, black sesame seeds and a few drop of toasted sesame oil. Served with a simple steamed then fried short grain rice. Prepared for Culinary Quest/Family Picks. Will definitely make again!
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This was very good. Because I did not have the right size skillet for the four drumsticks I was using, I decided to make it in my 5 qt slow cooker. I browned my drumsticks, because they were skin-on, then transferred to the slow cooker. I reduced the wine in the skillet by half, then added the rest of the ingredients except for the greens, Brought to a boil, poured over the chicken, set on low and cooked for about three hours. I then added the bok choi, which I had cut into about inch pieces. Set to High and cooked for about 20 or so minutes. This left the cabbage crispy.
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Delicious! I read through all of the reviews and here's my version: I prepped the sauce first thing in the morning and pounded out to 1/2" thickness chicken thighs and cut into thirds. Used 1/4 of the sauce as a marinade for the chicken. Chinese wine instead of dry sherry, reduced the fresh ginger to 1 tablespoon so a seven year old wouldn't complain about being too spicy. Refrigerated the chicken for about five hours. In a wok heated up a little bit of sesame oil on medium heat and lightly sautéed baby spinach. Plated the spinach then poured the sauce into the wok and brought to boil. Added the chicken and cooked both sides about 6 minutes, adding one clove of garlic minced the final 20-30 seconds just until fragrant. Transferred the chicken to the platter. Garnished with fresh cilantro, scallions, black sesame seeds and a few drop of toasted sesame oil. Served with a simple steamed then fried short grain rice. Prepared for Culinary Quest/Family Picks. Will definitely make again!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lauralie41
United States