hi guys it's angel so before we start I have a little story for you the other
day I was talking with my grandfather about Talladega which is the Taiwanese
pronunciation for what a Mandarin translates to free-range chicken and I
was asking him what's so special about South baekje he starts to tell me about
his hometown in Taiwan where he was a farmer and they had chickens running
around everywhere and I remember visiting him when I was younger and I
remember seeing a chicken on top of their rooftop and I thought that image
was just so memorable to me that that's what I think of today when I think of
Taiwanese chicken anyways in today's video I'm going to show you guys how to
make Taiwanese sesame oil chicken which imagine is known as my yo G which is a
very traditional and popular dish and thankfully we don't have to go all the
way back to Taiwan to the main ingredient of this dish
Asian specialty chickens are produced right here in British Columbia these
chickens are raised to Canadian standards and are available at most
neighborhood grocery stores especially where there's large Asian populations so
with that let's jump right in and get started for the ingredients we'll need
some black sesame oil rice wine for cooking ginger root and one whole
Taiwanese chicken first start by cutting up the chicken into small bite-sized
pieces with the bone on leaving the bone on we'll make this dish more tasty
now the Taiwanese chicken itself that we're using has a firmer texture than
your standard chicken and is flavorful and healthy depending on how many people
you're serving and how big your chicken you can use the whole chicken for this
dish or save the other half for another recipe next prepare two four inch pieces
of ginger root give those a good rinse and dry with a paper towel before
cutting into circular slices leaving the skin of the ginger root on
now it's time to kick in a preheated wok add two tablespoons of sesame oil and
it's totally okay to eyeball it here and add in the ginger slices stir fry on
medium heat for a minute and let the ginger is Bews into the oil next add two
more tablespoons of the sesame oil and then the chicken pieces continue to
stir-fry and allowing the chicken to cook and brown for three to five minutes
here you can feel free to add more sesame oil if desired the taste profile
is really up to you when the chicken is just browned on the outside turn off the
heat and set it aside transfer the chicken to a new pot and
add in filtered water and rice wine enough just to cover the chicken today
I'm using half a bottle of rice wine with the rest of the chicken covered in
water now while this may seem like a lot of
rice wine some people especially new moms use an entire bottle and if you're
wondering why it's because this dish with the rice wine ginger and sesame
ingredients are traditionally believed to be warming and nourishing to help the
body recover more quickly after childbirth and that's why it's super
popular for new moms finally bring everything to a boil and simmer for 8 to
10 minutes or until the chicken is tender and done
now for a quick taste test hmm I love how the flavors of the sesame oil and
the ginger just come really well together and the chicken is so tender
and juicy you guys have to try this recipe so that's we make Tyranny sesame
oil chicken or my ot it's really good served family-style I like to eat the
chicken with rice and then drink the soup later or you can cook this with
noodles and make this the noodle soup dish I mean Joe thank you guys so much
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take care and I will see you in the next video
bye for now