Scallion Oil Poached Chicken

Quick & tasty meal that doesn’t require a lot of ingredients… and goes really well with rice 🙂

ingredients:

• 5 chicken drumsticks
• 5 slices ginger
• 2 green onions
• 1/2 tbsp Shaoxing cooking wine

For the oil:

• 5 tbsp vegetable oil
• 5 slices ginger
• 3 green onions
• 2 shallots 
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp oyster sauce 
• 1/2 tsp sugar

steps:

1. In a pot of cold water, add chicken drumsticks, sliced ginger, green onions, and Shaoxing cooking wine.
2. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce heat to low, and simmer for 8 minutes. Turn off the heat, with the lid covered, let the chicken sit in residual heat for 15 minutes.
3. Dunk the chicken in ice water, then use your hands to shred. Place the chicken on a serving plate.
4. In a saucepan, add oil, ginger, green onions and shallots. Cook in low-medium heat for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
5. Mix the scallion oil with oyster sauce, soy sauce and sugar. Drizzle over the chicken and enjoy with rice!

Scallion Oil Poached Chicken

Course: MainCuisine: Chinese

Servings

2

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

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Ingredients

• 5 chicken drumsticks

• 5 slices ginger

• 2 green onions

• 1/2 tbsp Shaoxing cooking wine

• For the oil:

• 5 tbsp vegetable oil

• 5 slices ginger

• 3 green onions

• 2 shallots

• 2 tbsp soy sauce

• 2 tbsp oyster sauce

• 1/2 tsp sugar

Directions

• In a pot of cold water, add chicken drumsticks, sliced ginger, green onions, and Shaoxing cooking wine.
• Bring the water to a boil, then reduce heat to low, and simmer for 8 minutes. Turn off the heat, with the lid covered, let the chicken sit in residual heat for 15 minutes.
• Dunk the chicken in ice water, then use your hands to shred. Place the chicken on a serving plate.
• In a saucepan, add oil, ginger, green onions and shallots. Cook in low-medium heat for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Mix the scallion oil with oyster sauce, soy sauce and sugar. Drizzle over the chicken and enjoy with rice!