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Low Effort Scallion Chicken
30m
Serves 1
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Low Effort Scallion Chicken
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30m
Serves 1
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Directions
1
Place a smaller bowl face down in the center of a large flat bowl.
2
Lean 4 bone-in chicken thighs around the smaller bowl.
3
Place a few slices of ginger, 2 stems chopped spring onion, and a few jujube dates on the chicken.
4
Steam the chicken for about 20 minutes.
5
While the chicken is steaming, mince a good chunk of ginger and slice 5-6 stems of spring onion.
6
Place the minced ginger and sliced spring onion into a heatproof bowl.
7
Heat a few tablespoons (up to 1/4 cup) of high heat oil to smoking point in a small pan.
8
Pour the hot oil over the ginger and scallions in the heatproof bowl.
9
Season the sauce with Korean chilli flakes (gochugaru), sugar, soy sauce, and oyster sauce.
10
Add a drizzle of sesame oil to the sauce and season to taste.
11
Once the chicken is done, remove it and shred it.
12
Release the golden chicken broth from under the upside-down bowl into the larger plate.
13
Discard the ginger, spring onion, and jujube from the steamed chicken.
14
Pour the chicken broth into the sauce mix.
15
Add the shredded chicken back into the sauce and mix to coat.
16
Serve over white rice.
Ingredients
4 bone-in chicken thighs
Ginger
Spring onion
Jujube Dates
Oil
Sugar
Salt
Soy sauce
Oyster Sauce
Korean chilli flakes
sesame oil
LKK chicken bouillon powder
Equipment
large flat bowl
smaller bowl
small pan
heatproof bowl
Tips
For the sauce, heat a few tbsp high heat oil (up to 1/4 cup) to smoking point and pour over the ginger and scallions.
You can add some LKK chicken bouillon powder for extra oomph to the sauce.
A drizzle of sesame oil can be added to the sauce.
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