Roasting Chicken in Soy Sauce
Recipe
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Ingredients:
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1
whole chicken or chicken legs (about 2 2/3 lbs)
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6
cups water
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6
tablespoons cooking wine or sherry
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1/2
tablespoon salt
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4 oz
rock sugar or granulated sugar
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Szechuan peppercorns, star anise, dried orange peel, stick
cinnamon, whole cloves, fennel, licorice powder - combined to
equal 1/2 oz
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3
cups soy sauce
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Method:
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Place
water, cooking wine, salt, rock sugar and peppercorn mixture in
a pot. Add 3 cups soy sauce. Cook over low heat for 20 minutes
(braising sauce).
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Place
the chicken in the sauce; spoon braising sauce over the chicken
and inside the cavity of the chicken. Cover and simmer for 10
minutes. Turn the chicken over and cook for 10 more minutes.
Turn off the heat and let stand for 20 minutes. Remove the
chicken from the sauce and let cool.
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Brush
the surface of the chicken with sesame oil; cut into large bite
size pieces; place on a serving plate. Pour some braising sauce
over the chicken; serve
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