3 cups chicken (三杯雞)
3 cups chicken (三杯雞)

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, 3 cups chicken (三杯雞). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This is probably my favorite traditional Taiwanese dish because the flavors really pair well together. It's savory, yet sweet at the same time. The name three cup chicken (三杯鸡) comes from the three key ingredients in the recipe: Sesame oil; Chinese rice wine; Soy sauce "Cups" refer to the equal ratio instead of literal measurement of three cup chicken recipe.

3 cups chicken (三杯雞) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. 3 cups chicken (三杯雞) is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 3 cups chicken (三杯雞) using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make 3 cups chicken (三杯雞):
  1. Prepare 300 grams chicken
  2. Take 15 grams ginger
  3. Prepare 15 grams scallion
  4. Prepare 20 gram basil
  5. Take 1 chilli
  6. Prepare 3 pieces garlic
  7. Make ready 2 tablespoon soy sauce
  8. Take 2 tablespoon cooking wine
  9. Prepare 2 tablespoon sesame oil
  10. Prepare 1 tablespoon sugar
  11. Get 100 ml Water

I like to add dark soya sauce and sugar too. The name is derived from three cups of sauce used to cook the chicken. Keep in mind that the cup is a rice measuring cup which is about ¾ of a cup. Add the chicken drumsticks to the skillet then add the soy sauce, cooking wine, water, and basil leaves.

Steps to make 3 cups chicken (三杯雞):
  1. Chop the chili, ginger, garlic and scallion as the picture below. Remove the seed of the chili if you prefer to cut down the spiciness.
  2. Put the sesame oil and ginger into the pan before turn on the fire.
  3. Add garlic when you can smell the ginger
  4. Add chicken and leave the side with skin facing down. Do not move it until it turns golden brown.Add chili and scallion once the chicken is golden brown on both sides.
  5. Add sugar in the middle of the pan. Let it melted and caramelized. Stir fly evenly so the chicken is coated with sugar.
  6. Add soy sauce. cooking wine and water. Let it boil for 10 mins until the sauce is concentrated
  7. Turn off the fire before putting basil in. Stir fry a bit before serving. Voilà ❤️

This refers to the use of equal. Three Cup Chicken 三杯雞 It was meant to be 'braised chicken with chestnuts' but I had to do a quick change of menu as chestnuts were nowhere to be found. Heat sesame oil in skillet, then add ginger and garlic. This refers to the use of equal portion of each of the three main ingredients - sesame oil, Chinese cooking wine and soya sauce. The fragrant sauce is the soul of this signature dish.

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