Chinese Roast Chicken
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 roasting chicken (4-5 pounds)
- 1⁄4 cup minced fresh ginger
- 4 scallions, minced (white and two inches of green)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons cracked szechwan pepper
- 1 tablespoon five-spice powder
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
directions
- 1. Rinse and dry chicken and allow it to stand uncovered in the refrigerator overnight.
- 2. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine ginger, scallions, garlic, roasted sesame oil and soy sauce in a small bowl and mix well. Loosen the skin of the chicken and rub the spice paste between the skin and the chicken.
- 3. In a small bowl, combine the cracked szechuan pepper, 5-spice powder, red pepper flakes and salt and rub onto the skin of the chicken.
- 4. Place the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan. Roast for 15 minutes at 450 degrees. Reduce the oven to 350 degrees and continue roasting, basting frequently with pan juices, for about 1 and a half hours, or until a leg moves freely in its socket.
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