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Three Cup Chicken
Taiwanese three-cup chicken with sweet basil, rice wine, sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic and ginger. Clay pot version.
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Chinese
Keyword
chicken
Prep Time
20
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
minutes
Total Time
50
minutes
minutes
Servings
2
Calories
361
kcal
Author
Elaine
Ingredients
2
chicken leg quarters
, you can use whole chicken, just cut it into small pieces
2
cups
fresh sweet basil leaves
2
tablespoons
rice wine
2
tablespoons
soy sauce
, 1 and 3/4 tablespoons light soy sauce+1/4 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1
teaspoon
rock sugar
1
and 1/5 tablespoons sesame oil
2
garlic cloves
, sliced
1
thumb ginger
, sliced
3
green onion whites
Instructions
Cut chicken into small pieces for better flavoring. Cook chicken in boiling water for around 2 minutes to remove impurities. Drain and set aside.
Heat up a clay pot over medium fire, add 1 tablespoon of sesame oil and then lay garlic, ginger and green onion whites in bottom.
Add chicken chunks, rice wine, light soy sauce and rock sugar. Cover the lid and simmer for 15 minutes to 20 minutes over medium fire or slow fire.
Add sweet brail leaves and turn up the fire to thicken the sauce.
Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories:
361
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
6
g
|
Protein:
20
g
|
Fat:
26
g
|
Saturated Fat:
6
g
|
Cholesterol:
104
mg
|
Sodium:
1089
mg
|
Potassium:
326
mg
|
Sugar:
2
g
|
Vitamin A:
1350
IU
|
Vitamin C:
5.6
mg
|
Calcium:
51
mg
|
Iron:
1.9
mg