Weeknight dinners
Three cup chicken (三杯鸡)
A Taiwanese favourite, named for its traditional equal measures of sesame oil, rice wine and soy sauce.
- Total time
- 25 minutes
- Makes
- 4 servings
- Adapted from
- Red House Spice
Ingredients
Aromatics
Chicken
Sauce
Pepper
To finish
Method
- Fry the ginger, garlic and scallion whites in 3 tbsp sesame oil on low, until fragrant and the garlic browns slightly.
- Push them aside, add the chicken in one layer, and sear on medium, turning, until it has mostly lost its pinkness.
- Add the sauce, toss, cover, and braise on high about 5 minutes.
- Uncover, stir in the pepper and scallion greens, and keep cooking on high.
- When the liquid has reduced as much as you like, turn off the heat.
- Stir in the remaining sesame oil and the basil. Serve with rice.