Chinese steamed chicken with ginger and green onion.

I have made this steamed chicken recipe several times this summer. Steaming is a really popular cooking method in every Chinese kitchen. Steamed dishes are simple, quick and always tender in texture. For poached version, please check white cut chicken.

This is ginger and green onion steamed chicken with my own tested dipping sauce. People in Guangdong and Guangxi province love to serve this chicken directly since the steamed chicken keeps the natural taste of a high quality chicken. During my high school time, I love to dip to some chili powder directly. You decide your way.

Preparation:

Spread the marinating sauce evenly on the cleaned chicken—every place. Put ginger and green onion shreds on top and marinating at least for 30 minutes. If you are not in hurry, I would suggest preparing the chicken in the morning and making this as lunch or dinner.

Steaming tips:

When cooking steamed rice with electric cooker, I always love to steam some fresh vegetable or meat with the inside steamer. This method is  highly recommend  to simply the process and save energy.

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Chinese Steamed Chicken Recipe

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

Easy and healthy Chinese steamed chicken recipe with a savory dipping sauce.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Chinese

Keyword: chicken, steamed

Servings: 2

Calories: 445 kcal

Author: Elaine

Ingredients

• Half of a whole chicken , around 1 and 1/2 pound
• 1 tbsp. ginger shreds
• 1 tbsp. green onion shreds , white part

Marinating sauce

• 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
• 1 tsp. Chinese cooking wine
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Dip sauce

• 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
• 4 tbsp. water
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tbsp. chopped green onions
• 1 tbsp. sesame oil

Instructions

1. Clean the chicken and then spread the marinating sauce evenly on both sides.
2. Lay ginger shreds and green onion shreds over to marinate at least 30 minutes. Then place in your steamer. I am using the steamer of my electric rice cooker. If you are using a steamer with wok or pot, steam with high fire around 20 to 30 minutes until soft (or you can easily insert a chop sticker in). Transfer out and cut into chunks of your favorite size. Decorate with green onions.

Dipping sauce

1. In a sauce pan, heat up 1 tablespoon sesame oil and stir fry chopped garlic and green onion until aroma. And then add oyster sauce, light soy sauce and water. Mix well and bring all the content to a boiling. Transfer to dipping bowl and cool down a little bit.
2. Serve steamed chicken with dipping sauce.

Nutrition Facts

Chinese Steamed Chicken Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 445 Calories from Fat 288

% Daily Value*

Fat 32g49%

Saturated Fat 8g50%

Cholesterol 122mg41%

Sodium 1624mg71%

Potassium 379mg11%

Carbohydrates 4g1%

Protein 32g64%

Vitamin A 375IU8%

Vitamin C 6.2mg8%

Calcium 29mg3%

Iron 2mg11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.