Spicy Chicken Salad with Chinese Wine (绍兴花雕醉鸡)

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绍兴花雕醉鸡 (Shao Xin Hua Diao Zui Ji)


Chicken salad with traditional wine from Shao Xin region is a very popular dish. I have been thinking of trying this recipe for a while. I bought the Shao Xin Hua Diao wine last weekend, and experimented with the simplest ingredients, the result turned out to be great.

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Ingredients
  • 3 lb. Chicken leg quarter 
  • 2 tablespoon salt for marinating the chicken
  • 2 teaspoon salt for cooking and sauce
  • 1/2 cup of Shao Xin Hua Diao wine (绍兴花雕)
  • 5 fresh red chili
  • A few slices of ginger
  • 1 green onion (why buy from store? grow your own green onion)
Preparation Time: 10 minutes with 2 nights marinating
Cooking Time:  90 minutes
Servings: 4

Cooking Steps
1. Marinate 3 lb. chicken leg quarters with 2 % salt overnight for best result.
2. Add 5 cups of water to a large pot, add 1 teaspoon salt, add a few slices of ginger, 1 coarse chopped green onion, boil.
3. Rinse off the salt from the chicken legs, remove unwanted fat, once the stock boils, place the chicken legs in the pot, turn to lowest heat, cover the pot, let the chicken cook for about 90 minutes.

Tip: This is really the poaching style, let the stock be heated, but avoid boiling it, you can keep the lid with some gap  to let the heat come if the stock starts boiling. This cooking method will yield a very tender meat. Adjust the time accordingly to have just fully cooked meat, check there is no blooding coming out of the meat.

4. Get a large bowl, measure the following amount of ingredients, note the portion is good for about 1 lb. Chicken meat, for example, 3 or 4 drumsticks. Start with small portions for experiment. Simply multiple the portions to marinate more meat.

  • 1 cup chicken stock from the pot, skim oil as much as possible so that the sauce can be clear.
  • 1/2 cup Shao Hua Diao wine

  • 1 teaspoon salt, 
  • 5 clean chopped red chili

5. Mix the ingredients evenly.


6. Place about 1 lb. Chicken meat inside the bowl, cover and put in fridge overnight. Flip a couple of times to let the chicken soaked in sauce evenly.


7. When serving, cut the chicken into thin slices, pour some sauce, add cilantro for garnish.
 

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