Braised Chicken In Soya Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 large chicken leg, cut into 5 pieces with bones
• 1 teaspoon dark soya sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornflour
• 1 large sweet onion, skin removed and cut into wedges
• 3 fresh shiitake mushrooms, cut into halves (can also use black chinese mushrooms, canned or dried)
• 2 tablespoons sliced ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, skin removed and crushed
• 1 piece cinnamon
• 2 cloves
• 1 star anise
• 5 peppercorns
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dark soya sauce
• 300 ml water or 300 ml chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 stalk coriander leaves, chopped

Recipe

• 1 marinate the chicken pieces with ingredient no. (2) to (4) for 30 minutes.
• 2 heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the onion and garlic till fragrant.
• 3 add the chicken pieces and fry lightly.
• 4 put in the ingredient numbers (5) to (16) and simmer till the chicken is cooked and the sauce thickens.
• 5 add a little more water if necessary as this dish should be quite wet.
• 6 put in the corriander leaves and stir for a minute.
• 7 ready for serving.
• 8 note 1: do not overcook the meat so as to have a good texture.
• 9 note 2: if you find that the gravy is too oily, place the cooked dish into the fridge. when the dish is cold, the fats will coagulate as a layer on top. remove the layer of fats with a spoon. reheat the dish and it will be ready for serving.