Chinese Soy Sauce Chicken

This recipe is an adaptation from a basic soy sauce chicken recipe from the internet and consultation with my grandma. I can eat this everyday! You can use skinless, boneless chicken parts, but the taste won't be the same.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1  whole chicken, cut into parts
• 1⁄3-1⁄2 cup soy sauce (use low sodium if you like)
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 3  tablespoons brown sugar
• 1  tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1⁄4 cup rice wine or 1⁄4 cup dry sherry
• 1  tablespoon fresh ginger, crushed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon five-spice powder
• 1 -2  piece star anise
• 2  cloves garlic
•  chopped  birds eye chile (optional)
• 1  stalk scallion, chopped
•  sesame seeds

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients, except chicken, scallions, sesame seeds in a large pot over medium heat.
2. Add chicken, then let simmer 30-40 minutes, turning chicken pieces occasionally.
3. Remove chicken pieces from sauce and set aside in a serving platter.
4. Skim fat from the sauce, thicken it with cornstarch mixture (1 tsp cornstarch dissolved in 1 TB water) and pour the sauce over chicken.
5. Sprinkle scallions and sesame seeds and serve with rice.