ONE-POT BRAISED CHINESE SOY SAUCE CHICKEN RECIPE

One-pot Braised Chinese Soy Sauce Chicken Recipe image

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 l Half Whole Chicken
1 tablespoon olive oil
1.5 cups soy sauce
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, sliced
1 cup water
3 clove garlic, peeled and washed
3 star anise
3 dried bay leaves
1 cup fresh yam, chopped
1 Carrot, chopped
1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine

Steps:

Cut chicken in half. Remove the innards, rinse and dry with kitchen towel.
In a bowl, mix together olive oil, Shaoxing wine, sugar, salt and soy sauce. Rub the chicken thoroughly in the marinade ingredients and set aside for 30 minutes.
Peel off the skin of garlic and ginger. Slice ginger into large thin pieces.
Peel the carrot and fresh yam. Cut into small trunks.
Rinse dried bay leaves and star anise with running water.
Cover the bottom of the rice cook with ginger slices and garlic.
Pour the chicken marinade into the rice cooker. Press cook button and cook for 3 minutes till fragrant.
Put chicken in the cooker with 0.5 cup of water, star anise and dried bay leaves. Set cooking time to 12 minutes and press start.
Once done, open the cooker and add in yam and carrot with the remaining half cup of water. Stir a little to make sure all ingredients are bathed in the sauce.
Cook for another 10 minutes in the rice cooker.
Transfer chicken, yam and carrot to a large plate.
Chop the halved chicken into pieces. Pour the sauce in the cooker onto the plate and serve with jasmine rice.