Chinese red-braised chicken
Published: February 5, 2015 at 4:29 PM
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Serves 4
Easy
Total time: 30 mins
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This Chinese-inspired chicken dish is quick, easy and perfect for a midweek meal. It's called red-braised because of the colour that is infused by the spices
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Ingredients
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8 small whole chicken thighs on the bone
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for frying oil
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4cm piece ginger
shredded
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2 cloves garlic
finely sliced
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1 star anise
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4 spring onions
sliced plus extra to serve
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100ml chinese rice wine or dry sherry
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2 tbsp soy sauce
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50g brown sugar
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1 head broccoli
cut into florets
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sesame oil
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1 red chilli
shredded to serve
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to serve steamed rice
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal359
- fat9g
- saturates1.9g
- carbs20g
- fibre4.3g
- protein40.5g
- salt1.9g
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Method
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step 1
Pull the skin off the chicken and discard. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan, add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes, turning, until lightly golden. Add the ginger, garlic, star anise and spring onions. Cook for a minute then add the rice wine, soy, brown sugar and 150ml water. Turn down to a simmer then cook, covered for 20 minutes, turning now and again. Uncover then keep cooking until the sauce has reduced and is just glazing the chicken.
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step 2
Cook the broccoli then toss with a few drops of sesame oil.
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step 3
Serve the chicken in bowls with the rice and broccoli and the sauce spooned over. Scatter chilli and extra spring onion to serve.
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