Easy Soy Sauce Chicken

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A common home comfort food for Chinese families, soy sauce chicken is easy to make and loved by all.

Easy Soy Sauce Chicken
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Easy Soy Sauce Chicken

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Course: Lunch, DinnerCuisine: ChineseDifficulty: Easy
Servings

6

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

1

hour 

30

minutes
Total time

1

hour 

40

minutes

Chicken with soy sauce is quick and easy and loved by all.

Ingredients

  • 12 chicken legs/thighs

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil

  • 7 slices of ginger

  • 1/2 cup of 2 inch cut scallions

  • 4 star anise

  • 1 1/2 cups shaoxing rice wine

  • 3 cups soy sauce

  • 1/2 cup sugar

  • 2 teaspoons salt

  • 6 cups water

Directions

  • Bring chicken to room temperature.
  • In a 8-qt stock pot at medium-high heat saute the ginger and scallions in oil. Add rice wine and star anise and let some alcohol cook off. Add soy sauce, water, sugar, and salt and bring to boil. Switch temperature to simmer and let cook for 20 minutes.
  • Bring the mixture to a slow boil at medium heat and put in chicken. Wait for liquid to slow boil again and let cook for 5 minutes. Bring heat back down to simmer and cook for 25 minutes until chicken has reached 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let the chicken sit in the pot for another 15 minutes. Remove chicken from pot and transfer to cutting board and chop into 1 inch wide pieces. Alternatively, you can serve the chicken in whole pieces.

Notes

  • I like this recipe, because you can store the soy sauce cooking sauce to be used another time! Just let the sauce cool, pour it into a leak proof container and freeze it until you are ready to use it again.