Soy Sauce Chicken
Recipe summary
A flavorful Cantonese-style soy sauce chicken cooked with aromatics and simmered in a savory sauce, then cooled and sliced for serving.
Ingredients
- Whole chicken
- Aromatics (such as ginger, garlic, scallions)
- Light soy sauce
- Dark soy sauce
- Chicken bouillon
- Sesame oil
- Rice cooking wine
- Shaoxing cooking wine
- Premium oyster sauce
- Chili oil
- Hoisin sauce
- Vegetarian oyster sauce
- Gluten-free oyster sauce
- Handcrafted soy sauce
Method
- 1
Wash the chicken thoroughly.
- 2
Blanch the chicken in boiling water.
- 3
Prepare aromatics such as ginger, garlic, and scallions.
- 4
Stir-fry the aromatics until fragrant.
- 5
Add soy sauce and dark soy sauce to the aromatics.
- 6
Ladle the sauce onto the chicken.
- 7
Simmer the chicken in the sauce until cooked through.
- 8
Transfer the chicken to ice to stop the cooking process and set the flavor.
- 9
Boil the sauce to thicken it.
- 10
Cut the chicken into slices.
- 11
Create additional sauce for serving.
- 12
Add slurry to thicken the sauce if desired.
- 13
Ladle the sauce onto the sliced chicken before serving.
Source details
ChefScribe structured this recipe from the original YouTube source. The original recipe credit remains with the creator.
Original video
Source video from Made With Lau. The recipe card keeps the ingredients and steps handy while you cook.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6AmxI5tRGE
