Garlic and Ginger Braised Chicken

Name: Garlic and Ginger Braised Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil; 3 chicken leg quarters (any excess skin and fat trimmed); ¼ cup diced shallots; 4 minced garlic cloves ((about 1 1/2 tablespoons)); 1 tablespoon grated ginger; 1 cup chicken stock; 1 cup low sodium soy sauce; 1/2 cup light brown sugar; 1/4 teaspoon white pepper (optional); 2 thinly sliced green onion (for garnish); 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds

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Tender chicken braised in garlic, ginger, and soy-based sauce until fall-apart tender. Savory and aromatic, served over rice with the reduced braising liquid drizzled on top.

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Ingredients

3 SERVINGS

1½ tbspolive oil
3chicken leg quarters — skin and excess fat trimmed
¼ cupdiced shallots
4minced garlic cloves — 1½ tbsp
1 tbspgrated ginger
1 cupchicken stock
1 cuplow sodium soy sauce
½ cuplight brown sugar
¼ tspwhite pepper — optional
2green onion — thinly sliced
2 tsptoasted sesame seeds

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Method

1h 5m total

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 507mg
Calcium: 79mg
Iron: 5mg

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