adicto de alimento\*/ Soul Food to Mind

Braised Chicken

I have been craving for this since the week before and I have to cook this no matter what.

Sigh..The taste will be nicer if I have all the ingredients at home and I have to make to with whatever I have. Alternatively, you can grab a packet of spices readily mixed from a Chinese Medical Hall, just tell them it's for "loh kuay"/braised chicken. Note: Instead of cinnamon powder, it'll taste nicer if you use cinnamon stick.

INGREDIENTS:
Half chicken
1 pkt of beancurd (diced)
3 eggs (cooked & shell removed)
3 garlic (whole)
1 bunch of chinese pasley/sop daun
2 tablespoon of sesame oil
3 tablespoon of light soy sauce
3 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
5 tablespoon of cinnamon powder
4 tablespoon of five spice powder
1 tablespoon of salt
800 ml of water
1 tablespoon of cornflour
Dash of pepper

DIRECTIONS

- Rub salt, pepper, cinnamon powder and five spice powder onto the chicken and leave it aside.
- Heat sesame oil onto pan and sautee the garlic.
- Pan fry the half chicken, flip the chicken every 2 minutes.
- Add in water and add in remaining of the seasoning : light soy sauce and dark soy sauce.
- Using a ladle, pour the gravy repeatedly on the chicken for 5 minutes before turning to the other side for another 5 minutes.
- Let it boil for at least 15 minutes before adding beancurd and eggs. Add in cornflour mixture.
- Switch to small fire and let it simmer for another 15 minutes.
- Before serving, chop the chicken and garnishee with chinese pasley.
- To serve with piping hot rice!

Labels: chicken

posted by My whinin'z @ 11:18 AM