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Chicken with Ginger


Very tasty easy weeknight meal from from Fuchsia Dunlop's "Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province"

Cut the chicken into bite size pieces and mix together with salt and 2 tsp soy sauce.

Heat the oil in a wok and add ginger, stir-frying until richly fragrant. Add the chicken and continue to cook until it is tinged golden. Add the shaoxing wine and chili flakes.

Pour in the stock and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Season with salt and soy sauce to taste. When the liquid is much reduced, add the scallions and stir a few times. Take off heat and add sesame oil.

By Alex Gibbons

Ingredients
2 servings

  • 1 lb boneless chicken thighs with or without skin
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp light soy sauce
  • 3 inch piece fresh ginger, unpeeled and sliced
  • 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
  • A few dried chili flakes
  • ½ cup stock
  • salt
  • 3 scallions, green parts only, finely sliced
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 3 tbsp peanut oil