Red Cooked Chicken Eastern Chinese Style Food

RED-COOKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Over high heat, bring the first 8 ingredients to a boil in a large saute pan.
• Add the chicken and cover; reduce heat to medium.
• Simmer for 3o minutes, turn chicken over; cover and continue to cook an additional 10 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to a plate and tent with foil.
• Boil the braising liquid, uncovered, until syrupy, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Strain through a sieve and spoon off any fat that rises.
• Brush sauce onto chicken to coat; garnish with sliced scallions and serve with extra sauce for dipping.

RED COOKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add chicken; brown 2 to 3 minutes per side; remove.
• Discard fat.
• Whisk in 1 1/2 cups water with next 6 ingredients.
• Add chicken. Cook uncovered, turning occasionally, for 30 minutes.
• Transfer chicken with slotted spoon to platter; cover and keep warm.
• Skim and discard fat from sauce.
• Return skillet to heat; bring to a boil.
• Blend cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water in bowl.
• Add to boiling sauce, whisking until thickened.
• Stir in sesame oil.
• Pour sauce over chicken.
• Garnish with cilantro and green onion and serve with rice.

RED COOKED CHICKEN, EASTERN CHINESE STYLE

Steps:

• Star anise (available in Asian markets) comes in cellophane bags.
• Whole ones have a total of eight points, each with an anise seed inside.
• If you can't find a whole one, just count out eight broken pieces.
• Use a little more or less to taste but don't omit it since it's an important element in this recipe.
• The original recipe calls for Chinese rock sugar which imparts a lustrous finish to the gravy.
• Available in Asian stores.
• Remove any excess fat from the chicken.
• Heat oil and brown chicken on all sides.
• Add the anise, scallions, ginger& garlic and brown slightly.
• Combine the soy sauces, brown sugar, stock and sherry and pour into the pot with the chicken.
• Bring to a boil, then turn the heat down until the sauce is simmering slightly.
• Cook uncovered for 45- 50 minutes, turning and basting every 10 minutes.
• To serve just pull the meat off with a serving fork.
• Use the gravy on the chicken and on rice.

ROAST CHICKEN CHINESE-STYLE

Steps:

• In a large glass bowl, combine hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sugar, sherry, ginger, and mustard, mixing well. Add chicken, turn to coat, and marinate for at least 2 hours, turning often and allowing mixture to pour inside of chicken.
• After marinating, reserve marinade and place chicken in a roasting pan in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1-1/2 hours, until cooked. Remove from oven, and cut into serving pieces.
• Heat reserved marinate in a saucepan, and pour over chicken pieces. Garnish with chopped scallions.

CHINESE RED-COOKED EGGS

Steps:

• Place the eggs gently in a pot or saucepan and cover them with cold water.
• Bring the water to a hard boil and boil for two minutes.
• After two minutes at full boil, cover the pot, remove it from the heat and let it stand for fifteen minutes.
• Cool the eggs under cold running water, and remove their shells.
• Combine the brown sugar, soy sauce, chicken broth and sesame oil in a saucepan.
• Heat the mixture, stirring to dissolve the brown sugar.
• Add the boiled eggs and simmer, covered, for one hour (the liquid should cover the eggs, but if it does not, baste them frequently).
• Turn off the heat and let the eggs stand in the sauce for an additional hour, turning them from time to time to ensure even coloring.
• Serve cut into halves or quarters, with the dipping sauce.

LEMON CHICKEN, CHINESE STYLE

Steps:

• Dip chicken pieces into 2 beaten eggs.
• Mix cornstarch, salt and pepper and dip the chicken in the cornstarch mixture.
• Fry in small amount of oil in frying pan.
• Put into a casserole dish.
• Make sauce: Saute the lemon and onion in the oil until onion is soft.
• Add the sugar, vinegar, and pineapple juice.
• In a separate bowl, mix the corn starch, water, and soy sauce, then add to the sauce.
• Cook until clear and thick.
• Pour on chicken in the casserole dish.
• Cover and cook at 300 for 30 minutes or until done.

RED-COOKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Bring chicken, water, soy sauce, sugar, Sherry, ginger, and star anise to a simmer, covered, in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat. Cook until meat is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a serving bowl and keep warm, covered.
• Skim off any fat from sauce and boil sauce until syrupy and reduced by half, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir cornstarch mixture and whisk into sauce. Boil, whisking, until thickened and shiny, about 1 minute. Discard ginger and star anise.
• Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with scallions.