Soy Sauce Chicken

Name: Soy Sauce Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 6, 6 servings
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken ((about 4 pounds/1.8kg; preferably buddhist-style, never frozen)); 1/4 cup salt; 2 teaspoons neutral oil ((such as vegetable, canola, or avocado oil)); 7 slices ginger; 2 scallions ((cut into 3-inch/8cm pieces and smashed flat)); 3 whole star anise; 3/4 cup Chinese rose wine ((mei gui lu)); 3/4 cup Shaoxing wine; 2 cups light soy sauce; 1/2 cup dark soy sauce; 1 3/4 cups sugar; 12 cups water

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A quintessential Chinese favorite of whole chicken poached in a savory soy sauce broth with aromatics. Tender, umami-rich, and traditionally served at Chinese restaurants.

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Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

1whole chicken — buddhist-style preferred, never frozen, 1.8 kg
¼ cupsalt
2 tspneutral oil
7ginger — sliced
2scallions
3whole star anise
¾ cupChinese rose wine (mei gui lu)
¾ cupShaoxing wine
2 cupslight soy sauce
½ cupdark soy sauce
1¾ cupssugar
12 cupswater

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1h 45m total

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