Chinese red-braised chicken
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 8 small whole chicken thighs on the bone
- for frying oil
- 4cm piece ginger, shredded
- 2 cloves garlic, finely sliced
- 1 star anise
- 4 spring onions, sliced plus extra to serve
- 100ml chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 50g brown sugar
- 1 head broccoli, cut into florets
- sesame oil
- 1 red chilli, shredded to serve
- to serve steamed rice
Method
- STEP 1
Pull the skin off the chicken and discard. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan, add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes, turning, until lightly golden. Add the ginger, garlic, star anise and spring onions. Cook for a minute then add the rice wine, soy, brown sugar and 150ml water. Turn down to a simmer then cook, covered for 20 minutes, turning now and again. Uncover then keep cooking until the sauce has reduced and is just glazing the chicken.
- STEP 2
Cook the broccoli then toss with a few drops of sesame oil.
- STEP 3
Serve the chicken in bowls with the rice and broccoli and the sauce spooned over. Scatter chilli and extra spring onion to serve.
