Three Cup Chicken - {San Bei Ji}

Recipe Ingredients

1		Chicken - (3 1/2 lbs) - cut up
1/2 cup	118ml	Sesame oil
1		Ginger root - (3" long) - peeled, and
		Cut into 1/4" slices
10		Garlic cloves - lightly smashed
1/2 cup	118ml	Shaoxing - see * Note
		= (or other rice wine)
1/2 cup	118ml	Soy sauce
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sugar
3/4 cup	30g / 1.1oz	Basil leaves - (loosely packed)

Recipe Instructions

* Note: Shaoxing wine and Chinese rice wine can be found at Asian stores.

Cut the chicken parts into 2-inch pieces using a cleaver. Set aside.

Heat the sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the ginger and garlic and cook until aromatic, 1 minute. Increase the heat to high and add the chicken. Cook, moving the pieces around, until the flesh no longer looks pink, 3 minutes.

Add the shaoxing wine, soy sauce and sugar, stirring to mix well. Cover the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is reduced by half and the chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in the basil just before serving.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Each serving: 863 calories; 2,201 mg sodium; 200 mg cholesterol; 58 grams fat; 12 grams saturated fat; 12 grams carbohydrates; 66 grams protein; 0.78 grams fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 10-09-2002

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