Three cup chicken

Aria

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Course Main Course

Servings 3 people

Equipment

1 Fry pan
1 Cooking tongs

Ingredients

2 lb Small chicken legs (boneless chicken can also be used)
38 g Ginger
10 g Crystal sugar (you can also use organic sugar from Trader Joe's or other grocery stores)
5 cloves Garlics
1 Tiger-skin pepper (if you don't want chili pepper, you can use only tiger-skin pepper)
1 Chili pepper (if you don't want tiger-skin pepper, you can use only chili pepper)
Basil (add according to your taste)
45 ml Soy sauce
45 ml Rice wine
45 ml Sesame oil

Notes

1. Fry the chicken: Heat the pan over medium heat and add the chicken. Fry until the surface turns golden, then remove it from the pan.

- With skin: Add a little oil or none at all, depending on the amount of skin.
- Without skin: Add ½ teaspoon of oil.

2. Add the garlic and ginger, and fry until fragrant.

3. Add sesame oil and fry with the garlic and ginger for 1 minute.

Ginger and Garlic — Add ginger and garlic

4. Return the fried chicken to the pan and fry for 3 minutes.

5. Add the tiger-skin pepper and chili pepper, and fry for 4 minutes.

add peppers — Add the tiger-skin pepper and chili pepper

6. Add the rice wine and soy sauce, and stir for 6 minutes, stirring occasionally as the sauce thickens.

7. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer over medium-low heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally as the sauce thickens.

8. Check if the chicken is fully cooked. If not, simmer for another 5 minutes. Cooking time may vary slightly depending on whether the chicken has bones.

9. Add basil and stir for 3 minutes over medium-low heat.

Done! Yum~~

Keyword chicken, Taiwanese food, Basil, easy recipe