White Cut Chicken with Shallot Oil
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Today I am going to share with you a "White Cut Chicken with Shallot Oil"
I bought this large size chicken at the supermarket
Bought it for £3
Almost 2kg
Also there is coriander
Spring onion and ginger
Rub the chicken with salt
Remove any residual internal organs
There is a lot of small feathers / hair remained from British chicken
Pull out the hair
Rub each side of the chicken with 1 teaspoon of salt
Do not forget to to rub the cavity with salt
Squeeze a bit of ginger juice
Insert the ginger residue in the chicken cavity
Pour in about 2 tablespoons of Shaoxing wine
Marinate it for 2 hours if you have time
Don’t worry if you don’t have time
Because the later dipping ginger scallion sauce also has salty taste
I use a bit of turmeric powder
Because these chickens are pale in colour
The "Yellow Chicken" selling in Hong Kong does not need this step
Start to steam after water has boiled
How long to steam a chicken
The steaming time for a chicken weighed 1kg is 19 ~ 20 minutes at high heat
1.5 kg steaming time is around 25 minutes
Chicken weighed 2kg takes around 30 minutes
Steam it for 10 minutes at high heat
Then turn to medium heat (steam for 20 minutes)
The chicken has steamed at high heat for 10 minutes
Turn to medium heat
Steam for 20 more minutes
Separate and cut the stem and leaves of coriander
Cut spring onion white and green separately
Spring onion green is for the preparation of ginger spring onions sauce
Lots of people only use ginger and spring onions
Some people like to include coriander in addition
I prefer to include coriander
Chop the ginger
Or grind the ginger
Remember to squeeze and pour out the ginger juice after grinding
Why I prepare a large bowl of the ginger spring onions sauce
Because my family likes serving of mixing the ginger spring onions sauce with rice much
Every time the ginger spring onions sauce is run before chicken
The chicken meat becomes residue
This 2kg chicken has steamed for a total of 30 minutes
Turn off the heat
Rest for 5 minutes with the lid on
If worry about the chicken is undercooked
Pierce the chicken legs using chopsticks
No blood water seen means it is cooked
I missed 2 ingredients
We need garlic cloves and shallots
To prepare shallot oil
Cool the chicken for 30 minutes after taking out of the pot
The cut chicken bones can be for soup preparation
Deep fry the garlic cloves
Shallots
Spring onion white
And coriander stems for shallot oil preparation
Pour in shallot oil
The cooked shallot oil ingredients can be served with noodles or to cook with noodles
Don't waste it
Let me taste it
It has the fragrance of shallot oil
And also the characteristics of white-cut chicken