Poached Chicken with Scallion Ginger Sauce
This homey and comfortable chicken dish is easy to prepare which requires simple ingredients readily available in most Chinese kitchen pantries and can be done within 45 minutes. It is not only fragrant, the chicken meat is also very silky smooth and tender. So perfect to serve with white rice.
Ingredients
- 4 chicken drumsticks - about 400g
- 4 slices ginger
- 2 stalks spring onion - cut section or tie into a knot
Scallion ginger oil
- 100 g vegetable oil
- 4 slices ginger
- 2 stalks spring onion - cut in section
- 1 Bombay red onion - about 80g, chopped
Scallion ginger sauce
- 40 g scallion ginger oil
- 3/4 tbsp oyster sauce
- 3/4 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1.5 tsp caster sugar
- 1 tbsp chicken stock - strained
Instructions
- Rub a small handful of kosher salt (or coarse salt) on chicken drumsticks, massage well all over and rinse thoroughly.
- Place chicken drumsticks in pot with ginger slices and spring onion. Add water to just above the drumsticks. Turn on heat to boil, then lower to medium heat cover with lid for about 20-25 minutes to just cooked and tender. **turn the drumsticks over after 10 minutes of poaching for even cooking**
- To check whether the chicken is cooked, poke a chopstick into the meat. If the juices run clear, it’s done.
- Remove drumsticks from pot and place into cold water for 5 minutes to prevent its from overcooking, then drain well.
- Pour about 100g oil into pot together with ginger slices, spring onion and red onion. Heat up the oil at medium heat and gently stir the oil mixture till aromatic for about 3 minutes and strain, set aside.
- In a small bowl, add oyster sauce, light soy sauce, sugar and 1 tablespoon of chicken stock together, stir well till sugar dissolved. Pour in 40g scallion ginger oil and stir mixture thoroughly till combined. Remaining oil can be kept for frying vegetables.
- Tear chicken meat from bones and place on serving plate. Pour enough sauce over it and garnish with spring onion and sesame seeds. Serve immediately. Can drizzle the remaining scallion ginger sauce over white rice - very fragrant and appetizing -
Notes
While poaching the chicken drumsticks, prepare the scallion ginger oil and sauce.
Can use whole chicken leg and chop to pieces after poaching instead of boneless chicken meat.
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