Chinese Soy Sauce Chicken

Submitted by WaterMelon

"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: 55mins
• Ingredients: 13
• 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.

Reviews

[J. Ong]

This turned out great! My aunt gave me a recipe for soy sauce chicken, but this one blew it away. I pretty much followed the recipe as is. I used a third cup low sodium soy sauce and one star anise, as that's what most commentors recommended. I only made this with half a chicken and the sauce never reached the top of my chicken pieces. I had to turn them at 10 minute increments. Maybe I'll use a smaller pot next time. And since the breast cooks faster than the thigh I added the breast after the first 20 minutes. Not salty at all. I even used some of the sauce on the white rice and couldn't bear to part with it even after we finished the chicken. My husband gives this 2 thumbs up. He couldn't stop talking about how good it was.

 

[Karen C.]

Easy is the key word. This practically assembled itself! Definitely use reduced sodium soy sauce and pair with some rice to cut the saltiness. We used bone-in chicken thighs, and the only thing that could make this better was a quick broil to get the skin crisp. Excellent flavor.

 

[Maven in the Making]

I love how EASY this recipe is! It doesn't require a lot of watching and goes together so fast! Thank you. (Apologies to the creator of the dish: I didn't have the five spice powder or the star anise. Just left it out and it was still very good. I didn't have the scallions either but garnished the top with some chopped cilantro I happened to have - along with the sesame seeds - and got lots of compliments.) Yumm!

 

[stonecoldcrazy]

Very very salty, almost inedible. May try again someday with a reduced sodium soy sauce.

 

[YungB]

Quick and tasty dish for those nights that you are just too tired to fuss. I made it with drumsticks but the next time, I will make it with skinless boneless thighs or breasts that have sliced in pieces.