Chinese Simmered Chicken Food

CHICKEN SIMMERED IN SOY AND STAR ANISE

Steps:

• Place the ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, cooking wine or sherry, star anise, cinnamon stick and sugar in a frying pan over high heat and bring to a boil.
• Add the chicken and cook for 6-7 minutes on each side or until cooked through.
• Add the greens to the pan and cook for 2 minutes or until tender.
• Place chicken and greens on serving plates and spoon over pan juices as sauce.
• Serve with steamed rice.

CHINESE SIMMER CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet and brown chicken.
• Mix soy sauce, brown sugar, 1/2 cup water, catsup, sherry (or apple juice), pepper flakes, garlic and onion together.
• Add mixture to chicken and simmer for 35-45 minutes.
• Blend cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water and add to sauce to thicken.
• Garnish with seeds and serve.

SIMMERED CHINESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Rinse the chicken and remove"the goodies" from the inside, pat dry with papertowels.
• Heat the oil in a large dutch oven or soup pan.
• Brown the chicken on all sides.
• Mix soy sauce, brown sugar, 1/2 c water, catsup, sherry, red pepper, garlic and green onion together.
• Pour mixture over chicken.
• Cover and simmer 45 minutes.
• Remove the chicken to a serving platter.
• Dissolve the 2 T of cornstarch in 1 T of water.
• Add to the sauce in the pan, over low heat, to thicken.
• Pour sauce over chicken.
• We serve this with rice and pour the sauce over the rice as well.

SIMMERED CHINESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oil in a large skillet. Brown chicken on all sides.
• 2. In a bowl, mix together next 8 ingredients (not the corn starch, water or sesame seeds) and pour over the chicken pieces in the skillet. Cover and simmer 35-45 minutes, turning the pieces after about 20 minutes.
• 3. Remove chicken to platter. Skim any fat from the juices in the pan and set it to simmering. Blend together the cornstarch and water. Add to the pan, whisking and cooking until thick. Spoon sauce over chicken and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serve extra sauce on the side.

SOY SIMMERED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place the sesame oil, ginger, soy sauce, sugar, Chinese wine, star anise and cinamon stick in a frying pan over a medium-low heat and bring to a simmer.
• Add the chicken and cook for 6-7 minutes each side or until cooked through.
• Serve on plates with the sauce from the pan, with steamed greens and rice.

SIMMERED CHINESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oil in big pot, and brown chicken on all sides.
• Mix soy sauce, brown sugar, water, catsup, apple juice, red pepper flakes, garlic and green onion.
• Pour mixture over chicken in pot.
• Heat to boiling, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 35-45 minutes.
• Remove chicken to platter (debone, if desired, and cut into bite sized pieces.).
• Skim fat off top of sauce.
• Blend together cold water and cornstarch and stir into sauce.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until thick.
• Spoon sauce over chicken and sprinkle with sesame seeds and more sliced green onion.
• Serve with rice and sauce.

SIMMERED CHINESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in Dutch oven. Brown chicken on all sides. Mix together soy sauce, brown sugar, water, catsup, sherry, red pepper garlic, and green onion. Pour mixture over chicken.
• 2. Cover and simmer 35 to 45 minutes. Remove chicken to platter, draining juices back into pan.
• 3. Skim fat from sauce. Blend together cornstarch and water,stir into sauce. Cook, stirring constantly til thickened. Spoon some sauce over chicken. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serve chicken with remaining sauce. Sesame seeds need to be toasted to develop their nut-like flavor. Toast sesame seeds in a shallow pan at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 4. My friend altered the recipe to read: 1/2 cup soy sauce instead of 1/3 cup 1/2 cup brown sugar instead of 1/3 cup 3/4 cup water, instead of 1/2 cup 1 1/2 Tbsp. catsup instead of 1 Tbsp 3/8 cup dry sherry or apple juice instead of 1/4 cup Just her preference, I guess.
• 5. Microwave directions: Place chicken in 3 quart casserole. Pour soy sauce mixture over chicken. Cover and microwave on high for 5 minutes. Microwave on medium for 15 minutes. Turn chicken. Cover and microwave on medium 15 to 20 minutes. Remove chicken to platter. Blend cornstarch and water and stir into sauce. Microwave on high 1 to 2 minutes til thickened.