Category Archives: Chicken

Soy Sauce Chicken

April 15, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

Normally, a whole chicken is used in this dish. But I only cooked a half one.

1. Put chicken in a big bowl. Add in 1 tablespoon minced ginger, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, 1 tsp salt, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce. Rub chicken a bit. And let it rest for a little while.

2. Heat a pan, add in 1 tablespoon oil. Sauté ginger slices. When aromatic, put the chicken in. Fry each side till golden brown.

3. Add in 2 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce, 2 cups water, 2 tablespoon sugar. Turn to high heat and bring to boil.

4. Turn to low-medium heat. Cover the lid, simmer for 5 mins. Flip over, and simmer for another 5 mins. Repeat for 5-6 times.

5. Dish the chicken out. Cool down and cut into smaller pieces. Garnish with chopped spring onion.

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Omelette Fried Rice

April 12, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

I wanted to try this dish for a long time.

To make fried rice:

1. Cut 1 chicken breast, 1 small carrot and 1/2 onion into small dice.

2. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in chicken breast. Stir fry till white.

3. Add in onion and carrot. Sauté till onion turns brown.

4. Push all the ingredients to one end of the pan. At the other end, add in 2 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp soy sauce. Mix well.

5. Mix sauce with chicken, carrot and onion. Stir fry evenly.

6. Put in cooked rice or leftover rice. Stir fry to let rice be evenly coated with sauce. Season with salt and black pepper.

7. Use a spoon to make fried rice into oval shape in the middle of one plate.

To make omelette:

1. Beat 3 eggs in a bowl.

2. Add in 2 tablespoon milk and 1 tsp light soy sauce. Mix them well.

3. Brush pan with oil and pour out the excess. Test the pan with chopsticks. Chopstick dip in beaten egg, and slightly draw a line in the pan. If the egg line immediately solidify then the pan is ready.

4. Pour egg into pan. Stir with chopsticks. When the egg turns to be half cooked, slightly push egg to the end of the pan.

5. Use the chopsticks and spatula to gently turn the oval omelette over. Heat the edge a bit to make omelette sealed.

6. Gently place omelette over fried rice.

And the last is also the best part of this dish: use a knife to cut the omelette open.

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Coconut Butter Chicken

April 6, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Cut 1 chicken breast into small chunks.

2. Put chicken pieces in a bowl. Add in 1 tablespoon chopped garlic, 1 tablespoon chopped ginger and 1 tablespoon chili powder. Mix well. Then marinate them for 20 mins.

3. Heat a pan on stove. Add in 1 tablespoon oil.

4. Fry chicken breast till golden brown. Set them a side.

5. In the same pan, fry 1 chopped onion till dark brown.

6. Cut in 1 chunk of butter. When butter melts, add in 1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp clove powder, 1 tablespoon minced garlic and 1 tablespoon minced ginger. Sauté a bit.

7. Add in 1 small can of tomato purée ( 6 oz), also drizzle in salt and 1 tablespoon chili powder. Stir fry till tomato sauce becomes very condensed.

8. Add 100 ml coconut cream into sauce. Turn to low heat and keep stirring.

9. Put in fried chicken. Simmer for 5 mins.

https://flic.kr/p/FP4Wnz

I have to say it’s perfect to go with rice.

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Salty Fried Chicken

April 4, 2018 chinesetuition88 6 Comments

Salty Fried Chicken ( Chinese name is 盐酥鸡) is a famous dish from Taiwan, I think.

1. Cut 1 piece of chicken breast into one-bite size. Put them in a bowl. Add in 1 tsp salt, 2 minced garlic, 2 tsp soy sauce and 1/2 tsp white pepper. Mix well and marinate for 20 mins.

2. Prepare flour paste:

1/2 cup flour, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp white pepper and water.

Make them into paste.

3. Put marinated chicken into flour paste.

4. In another bowl, mix corn starch and flour. Ratio should be 2:1.

5. Heat oil in deep pot. Dip chicken in flour starch mixture.

6. Deep fry till golden brown.

If you want chicken to be more crispier, you can fry one more time.

7. Drain the fried chicken. Add a handful basil in oil. Fry for around 30 seconds.

8. Mix 1/4 tsp salt with 1 tsp white pepper. Sprinkle seasoning over fried chicken.

Taste really crispy.

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Honey Roasted Chicken Leg

March 26, 2018 chinesetuition88 1 Comment

蜜汁烤鸡腿

1. Put chicken leg or chicken drumsticks in a big bowl. Add in 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp minced garlic, 1 tsp minced ginger and 1 tablespoon sweet cooking wine. Give Chicken a good massage. Let them be marinated for about 1 hour.

2. Preheat oven to 200 degree C.

3. Chicken in the oven for 20-25 mins till golden brown.

4. Prepare brushing sauce:

1 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tablespoon sweet cooking wine, and 1 tsp minced garlic. Mix them well.

5. Brush sauce on and under chicken. Into the oven for 5 mins. Then brush again and roast again.

And the chicken is done. Very delicious. My husband loves it very very much.

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Crispy Herbs Chicken Thigh

March 19, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Prepare two chicken thighs. Discard the fat.

2. In a big bowl, add in 1/2 cup flour, 2 tbs bread crumbs, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper and 1 tsp mixed herbs. Mix them well.

3. In another bowl, beat in 1 small egg and pour in 50 ml milk. Stir well.

4. Coat chicken thigh with flour first, then dip in egg and coat with flour again.

5. Heat a pan. Add in 2 tbs butter. When butter melts, put chicken thighs in. Fry each side till golden brown.

6. Preheat oven to 210 degree C. Bake chicken thighs for 15 mins. Flip over and bake for another 10 mins.

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Red Wine Braised Chicken

March 5, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

This dish needs overnight marinating time. So please prepare one day before you cook it.

Here I used chicken drumsticks.

1. Prepare marinade. In a pot, pour in red wine ( I used about 1/3 bottle, that’s all I have). Turn on the stove and heat it. At the same time, chop one onion, 1 stalk celery and 1 carrot. Put all the vegetables, 3 cloves garlic, cloves and bay leaves in wine. Simmer till reduce to 1/2. Off the heat. Discard the vegetables. Put chicken in a container or a bag. Pour the marinade in. Give Chicken a bit massage and cover with lid. In the fridge for overnight.

2. The next day. Take the chicken out. Chicken will turn dark purple. Season them with salt and pepper. Then dust them with flour.

3. Heat a little olive oil in the pan. Fry chopped onion (big chunk) and mushroom till aromatic. Then set them aside.

4. Fry bacon bits in the same pan. And sear bacon to let the oil out. Take the bacon out and leave the oil.

5. If the bacon oil is too little, you can add some extra olive oil. Next step is to fry flour-covered chicken. Don’t stir them till a nice golden brown layer formed. Make sure the outside flour layer is hard and crispy.

6. Add all the mushroom, onion and bacon back to chicken. Also add in bay leaves. Pour the red wine marinade into the pan. And one small box of stock with 2 or 3 tablespoon tomato paste.

7. Turn to low heat. Cover the lid and let it simmer for 1-1.5 hrs.

Look at the bright color. The chicken is very tender. Mushrooms are very juicy. It’s perfect to go with bread or pasta.

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Green Curry Chicken

January 9, 2018 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

The green curry paste I used was bought from supermarket.

1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in chopped ginger and curry paste. Stir fry till aromatic.

2. Pour in 1 small pack of chicken stock and 150 ml coconut milk. Stir well and bring to boil.

3. Add in chicken. I cut chicken into slices before cooking so they would be easier to be cooked.

4. Simmer for around 10 mins. Add in French beans, chopped onion and red chili. Simmer for another 3-5 mins.

5. Squeeze in a little lime juice before serving.

Yummy!

Perfect to go with rice or noodle!

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No-failure Oven Roasted Chicken

December 22, 2017 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

I tried it several days ago and my husband loved it.

First, prepare marinade. In a sauce pan, add in several ginger and garlic slices. Pour in 50 ml cooking wine and 100 ml light soy sauce. Add in 3 tablespoon sugar and bay leaves. Turn on the stove and heat it till sugar melted. Then turn off the stove and set it aside.

For the chicken, here I used a half chicken. Use a toothpick to poke it several times so that marinade can work better.

Put chicken in a zip bag or a container. Pour the marinade in. Give it a good massage. Then put the lid on and put into fridge for overnight or even longer like one day or two days.

When it’s ready to cook, preheat oven to 190 degree C. Bake for 40 mins.