Three Cups Chicken

Three Cups Chicken

三杯鸡

Ingredients
2 chicken thighs (chopped into pieces)
3 tbsp sesame oil
8 cut sections of spring onins (abt 5cm each)
8 slices of ginger
8 pips of garlic (peeled, leave whole)
1 fresh red chilli (deseeded, cut into pieces)
5 sprigs basil leaves (use only leaves)
200ml water

Seasoning
2 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp dark sauce
3 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
15g rock sugar


1. Heat wok with sesame oil & saute garlic, spring onions, ginger & chilli.
2. Add in chicken pieces and fry till chicken turned whitish.
3. Add in seasoning, stir fry well.
4. Add in water, cover wok, use low heat to simmer for 30mins.
5. Uncover wok, add in basil leaves.
6. Stir quickly, dish up.


Anacdote:
A very classic dish of Jiangxi & now into Taiwanese cuisine, the name can be a puzzle. Actually years ago, people cooked a big chicken and used the altar cup to measure out sesame oil, soy sauce & wine. Thus the name of three cups.


Source: Recipe Book - 我家男人爱煮菜2