# Pour Over Ginger Scallion Chicken

This is a low-effort, high-reward dish featuring steamed chicken with a flavorful ginger scallion oil.

- Total time: 16 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- Pot
- Steamer rack
- Bowl
- Chopsticks
- Spoon
- Timer
- Small pot

## Tips

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

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMDEwt4zdf6/?igsh=OHg1YTJpYm01bmd2
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/bcedef51-70b9-40ce-90ff-285ca4c94252
- Extracted: 2025-07-21

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