Red Cooked Spiced Chicken Recipe
A spicy but healthy Red Cooked Spiced Chicken recipe. The unusual addition of Szechwan peppercorns does work wonders on this Red Cooked Spiced Chicken dish. Do give it a try!
Ingredients
1 spring chicken
2 slices fresh ginger root
1 scallion stalk
2 cloves star anise
1/2 cinnamon stick
1 tablespoon Szechwan peppercorns
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup sherry
1/4 cup sesame oil
1 tablespoon sugar
2 scallions
Directions
1. Wipe chicken with a damp cloth. Slice ginger root and cut scallion stalk in two; place in chicken cavity.
2. Put star anise, cinnamon stick and Szechwan peppercorns on a square of cheesecloth. Gather up the corners and tie with thread.
3. In a large heavy pan, heat soy sauce, sherry and sesame oil. Add chicken and spice bag and simmer, covered, until nearly done, about 40 minutes. (Turn bird once or twice for even coloring.) Add sugar and simmer, covered, 5 minutes more.
4. Let bird cool slightly. With a cleaver, chop, bones and all, in 2-inch sections; or carve Western-style. Sliver remaining scallions; sprinkle over and serve.
2. Put star anise, cinnamon stick and Szechwan peppercorns on a square of cheesecloth. Gather up the corners and tie with thread.
3. In a large heavy pan, heat soy sauce, sherry and sesame oil. Add chicken and spice bag and simmer, covered, until nearly done, about 40 minutes. (Turn bird once or twice for even coloring.) Add sugar and simmer, covered, 5 minutes more.
4. Let bird cool slightly. With a cleaver, chop, bones and all, in 2-inch sections; or carve Western-style. Sliver remaining scallions; sprinkle over and serve.
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