Dinner · 70 min · chinese

Soy Sauce Chicken

Whole chicken does the heavy lifting here, with dark soy sauce rounding it out. A Chinese dinner that takes 70 minutes, start to finish.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 3 lb Whole chicken
• 0.5 cup Dark soy sauce
• 0.25 cup Light soy sauce
• 0.33 cup Sugar
• 0.25 cup Shaoxing wine
• 3 Star anise
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 4 slices Fresh ginger
• 4 Scallions
• 2 cups Chicken stock

Steps

1. Blanch the chicken in boiling water 3 minutes and rinse. This first wash keeps the braising liquid clean so the final glaze shines.
2. Combine both soy sauces, sugar, wine, stock, and all the aromatics in a pot deep enough to hold the chicken. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
3. Lower in the chicken breast-side down, reduce to a bare simmer, cover, and cook 25 minutes, turning once halfway.
4. Turn off the heat and rest the chicken in the liquid 15 minutes. It finishes cooking gently and drinks in the sauce.
5. Lift out, brush with a little of the strained braising liquid, and chop through the bone. Serve with rice and a drizzle of the glossy sauce.

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