Pour Over Ginger Scallion Chicken

16 mins
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 in the pot.
  3. 3Add the chicken pieces to the bowl.
  4. 4Add ginger slices and red dates to the bowl with the chicken.
  5. 5Cover the pot with a lid.
  6. 6Set a timer for 16 minutes for steaming once the water starts boiling.
  7. 7After steaming, carefully remove the chicken from the bowl.
  8. 8Separate the chicken meat from the bones and shred it into pieces, reserving the broth in the bowl.
  9. 9Pour cooking oil into a small pot.
  10. 10Add scallions to the hot oil to make scallion oil.
  11. 11Prepare a separate bowl with chopped ginger and scallion.
  12. 12Pour the hot scallion oil over the chopped ginger and scallion.
  13. 13Add soy sauce, salt, and sugar to the ginger and scallion mixture.
  14. 14Pour the reserved chicken broth from the steaming process into the sauce mixture.
  15. 15Mix the sauce well.
  16. 16Pour the prepared sauce over the shredded chicken.
  17. 17Mix the chicken and sauce thoroughly.
  18. 18Serve the chicken with rice and other side dishes like salted vegetable soup.

Ingredients

  • 2 L-shaped organic chicken
  • 4 Red dates
  • 4 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 rackBowlChopsticksSpoonTimerSmall pot

Tips

  • Steaming preserves nutrients and is easy on the stomach.
  • The method keeps all the goodness in the bowl.