Pour Over Ginger Scallion Chicken

16m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Place a steamer rack in a pot with boiling water.
  2. 2Place a bowl on the steamer rack and arrange the chicken legs around it.
  3. 3Add ginger slices and red dates to the bowl with the chicken.
  4. 4Cover the pot with a lid and steam for 16 minutes after the water starts boiling.
  5. 5Carefully remove the chicken and bowl from the pot.
  6. 6Remove the chicken from the bowl, reserving the chicken broth from the bowl.
  7. 7Shred the chicken.
  8. 8Heat oil in a small pot and cook whole scallions until fragrant to make scallion oil.
  9. 9Pour the hot scallion oil over a bowl containing chopped ginger and scallion.
  10. 10Add soy sauce, salt, and sugar to the ginger-scallion mixture.
  11. 11Add the reserved chicken broth to the ginger-scallion mixture and mix well.
  12. 12Pour the prepared sauce over the shredded chicken and mix everything together.
  13. 13Serve the chicken with rice and salted vegetable soup.

Ingredients

  • 2 L-shaped organic chicken
  • 4 -5 red dates
  • 4 -5 ginger slices
  • scallion oil
  • 1 ratio chopped ginger
  • 1 ratio chopped scallion
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 0.5 tsp sugar
  • 0.25 tsp salt
  • chicken broth

Equipment

potsteamer rackbowltimerchopsticksspoon

Tips

  • Steaming preserves nutrients and is easy on the stomach.
  • Cooking with water helps preserve nutrients.
  • Let the chicken cool down before shredding it.
  • Prepare the best sauce with a 1:1 ratio of ginger and scallion/spring onions.