Steamed Chicken With Cilantro Oil Food

EASY STEAM CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken and salt in a bowl. Evenly rub salt into chicken. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Rinse chicken and place in a pot fitted with a steamer basket over water. Bring water to a boil, and steam chicken until juices run clear, about 30 minutes.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion and cook until tender. Mix in garlic, and cook about 1 minute. Stir in soy sauce and sesame oil, and remove from heat. Scoop over the chicken to serve. Garnish with cilantro.

STEAMED CHICKEN WITH XIAO FAN'S SPECIAL SAUCE

Steps:

• Steam chicken:
• Fit a large steamer rack inside a large wide pot. Add enough water to reach within 1/2 inch of bottom of rack. Bring to a boil.
• Pat chicken dry and put, skin side up, in a shallow bowl (that will fit on steamer rack inside pot). Sprinkle with ginger and steam, covered, over high heat, until chicken is just cooked through, 30 to 35 minutes (replenish water if necessary).
• Carefully remove bowl with chicken. Pour off juices into a glass measure and set aside 1/4 cup (reserve remainder for another use). Return chicken in bowl to pot and keep warm, covered, off heat.
• Make sauce:
• Heat a wok or large heavy skillet (not nonstick) over high heat until smoking, then drizzle oil down side of wok and swirl to coat. Reduce heat to medium, then add garlic and stir-fry 15 seconds. Add chiles and stir-fry 15 seconds. Add cilantro and stir-fry 1 minute. Stir in remaining ingredients, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 cup chicken juices and simmer 1 minute. Transfer to a bowl.
• Drizzle some sauce over chicken (include some solids for a spicier sauce); serve the rest on the side. Season chicken with salt.

STEAMED CHICKEN WITH CILANTRO OIL

Steps:

• Purée the ginger in a food processor. Place the purée in a piece of cheesecloth and, over a bowl, twist it to extract as much juice as possible -- you should get 2 teaspoons. Discard the pulp. Stir lime zest into the juice.
• Gently peel back the skin on the pieces of chicken and rub the ginger-lime mixture over the meat. Replace the skin and pat it into place. Tie the wings to the breasts with kitchen twine. Let the chicken marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the cilantro and cook for 30 seconds, then transfer to a bowl of ice water. Drain and pat dry. Put the leaves in a food processor, add 1/4 cup of the olive oil and pulse to a paste. With the processor running, add the remaining 3/4 cup oil. Season to taste with salt.
• Bring 4 cups of water to a boil in the bottom of a steamer. Place the chicken in the top of the steamer basket, cover and steam until the chicken is nearly done, about 20 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a rack to dry.
• Heat the grapeseed oil in a large skillet over medium heat until it is hot but not smoking. Brown the chicken on one side, then season it with salt and pepper, turn and brown it on the other side, seasoning it again.
• To serve, place the chicken in the center of four serving plates (preferably white). Surround each serving with 1 1/2 tablespoons of the cilantro oil. (Reserve extra oil for another use.)

CHICKEN STEAM ROAST

Steps:

• Mix the yogurt, spices, ginger paste, garlic paste, chopped green chiles and salt in a large bowl to make a pasty marinade. Add the chicken and thoroughly rub the marinade into the meat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
• Place a tawa, griddle or comal on the stove if you have one and center a large stock pot or Dutch oven on top of it. Otherwise, place the pot directly on the stove. The stock pot or Dutch oven should be large enough to hold the chicken pieces in a single layer, and deep enough to gather steam. Add enough ghee to coat the bottom of the pot, then add the chicken in one layer, meatier side down. Cover and cook on medium for 10 minutes.
• Turn the heat to the lowest setting and continue cooking for another 20 minutes. Flip the chicken and continue cooking, covered, for another 30 minutes. Remove the lid. Cook on medium until the juices in the pot have mostly evaporated, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and pour any juices from the pot over the chicken. Garnish with cilantro and chile flakes and serve with chutney and lemon wedges for squeezing.

LI'S STEAMED CHINESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Stuff chicken cavity with cilantro and ginger, and then tie together legs with kitchen twine. Transfer chicken to a large heatproof bowl.
• Place bowl with chicken onto a rack fitted in a large pot, and add enough hot water to pot to come about halfway up sides of bowl. Add enough cold water to bowl to cover chicken.
• Cover pot, and bring water to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high. Simmer until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of thigh (avoiding bone) registers 165 degrees, about 1 hour, adding more water to pot as needed to maintain water level.
• Transfer chicken to a cutting board, and set broth aside. Cut chicken into 6 pieces. Divide chicken and broth among bowls. Serve with sauces and mustard.

LEMONGRASS-STEAMED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper.
• Put oil in a deep skillet over medium high heat.
• Spread the lemongrass in the skillet.
• Cover.
• When lemongrass begins to fry and is fragrant, place the chicken, skin side down over the lemongrass.
• Turn the heat to medium, cover.
• Cook, turning and basting with the soy sauce every 10 minutes or so until the chicken is cooked through, about 30 minutes.
• Discard the lemongrass and serve the chicken with lime wedges and cilantro.

SHREDDED CHICKEN WITH GINGER AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Set a steamer rack inside a wide 6- to 8-quart pot and fill bottom with water (not above rack), then bring to a boil.
• Arrange chicken in 1 layer in a shallow heatproof bowl small enough to fit just inside pot.
• Steam chicken in bowl on rack, covered with lid, until just cooked through, about 25 minutes. Remove bowl from pot using tongs. When chicken is cool enough to handle, coarsely shred, discarding skin and bones. Reserve liquid in bowl.
• Meanwhile, stir together lime juice, bean paste, red-chile oil, Sichuan-pepper oil, ginger, garlic, chile, salt, and 2 tablespoons reserved chicken liquid in a large bowl. Stir in chicken, cilantro, and salt to taste.

JUICY ASIAN STEAMED CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• Season chicken thighs with sea salt and spread ginger slices and green parts of the green onion on top. Arrange each pair of chicken thighs in an even layer in 2 shallow, heatproof bowls.
• Fill a large pot with 4 to 5 inches of water and insert two steam racks inside. Set the bowls on the steam rack and pour 1/4 cup water and coconut juice evenly between the 2 bowls. Cover pot and bring water at the bottom of the pot to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer. Cook chicken breasts until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 35 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Combine fish sauce, rice vinegar, lime juice, Thai chiles, cilantro stems, garlic, chopped ginger, and palm sugar in a food processor; pulse mixture until well combined. Transfer the sauce mixture into a medium bowl; add green parts of the green onion.
• Heat vegetable oil on a skillet over medium heat until smoking, about 4 minutes; pour oil into the sauce mix.
• Remove the 2 bowls from the pot. Discard ginger and green onion pieces.
• Drain remaining coconut juice liquids, through a sieve, into the sauce mixture. Pour over chicken, and garnish with cilantro leaves.