See You Gai (Red Cooked Chicken)



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See You Gai (Red Cooked Chicken)

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Posted by ADMIN at 09/26/2007 06:36 | 0 comments

Directions:

Here is the second chicken recipe from a really comprehensive and beautiful
cookbook, THE COMPLETE ASIAN COOKBOOK by Charmaine Solomon.

"Red cooking" is the term applied to cooking in dark soy sauce. The liquid
that remains after cooking is called a "master sauce", and can be frozen or
refrigerated for future use. It should be used to cook meat or poultry at
least once a week to keep it "alive." Cook chicken drumsticks this way for
taking on picnics or serving at buffet parties. Fragrant with ginger and
anise, red-cooked chicken will surely become one of your favorites.

Serves: 8 to 10 as part of a large menu, 4-5 as a main meal with rice

Wash chicken well. Choose a saucepan into which chicken will just fit so
that the soy liquid covers as much of the bird as possible. Put chicken
into saucepan, breast down, then add all the ingredients except sesame oil.
Bring slowly to the boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer very gently
for 15 minutes. Using tongs, turn chicken over, replace lid and simmer 20
minutes, basting breast with liquid every 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and leave covered in the saucepan until cool. Lift chicken
out of sauce, put on a serving platter and brush with sesame oil. This
gives the chicken a glistening appearance as well as some extra flavor.

Traditionally the chicken is put on a chopping board and cut in two
lengthways with a sharp cleaver. Each half is chopped into 1 1/2 inch
strips and reassembled in the original shape. If this proves too much of an
undertaking, simply carve the chicken into joints. Serve at room
temperature with some of the cooking liquid as a dipping sauce.


Ingredients:

3 1/2 lb Roasting chicken
1 1/2 c Cold water
1 1/2 c Dark soy sauce
1/4 c Chinese wine or dry sherry
2 Inch piece fresh ginger,
-peeled and sliced
1 Clove garlic
10 Sections star anise
1 1/2 tb Sugar
2 ts Sesame oil

Serves:

6 Servings 		 
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