Soy Sauce Chicken
4-6 chicken drums (organic is preferable) (I used 4)
4-5 stalks green onions, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
8 slices ginger root, peeled
2-3 whole star anise
2/3 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar
enough water to cover the chicken
1) Place all ingredients in a pan with a tight lid (or use a crockpot). Bring to boil and then reduce to a simmer so that when you cover the pot, the liquid will not boil over. Simmer for 2 hours.
2) I like to remove the bone and skin from the chicken and serve the meat with the broth over Chinese noodles with bok choy, napa cabbage, or spinach for a Chinese noodle soup.
I didn't have the ingredients for step 2, so instead... I removed the meat from the bone/skin/fat. I let the broth cool and the fat congeal and skimmed off the fat and and also removed the chunks of ginger and anise (the anise is a HAVE to - it wouldn't be the same without it. I found it in the Mexican aisle at Wal-mart. It was about $1 for 20 or so anise stars) Then I sauteed the few Chinese-type ingredients I had (celery, snowpeas, mushrooms, and two more green onions) until they were slightly cooked, but still crunchy. I put the vegetables and meat back in the broth and served with some rice noodles I purchased at the Asian market.
The verdict? It was delicious. It actually wasn't salty at all (I thought it would be with all the soy sauce), but I also didn't drink the broth, I just ate what was inside of it. It had flavor, it was fresh tasting, and the chicken was super tender and not bland like most boiled chicken is.
I will admit though, that it smelled a little gross while it was cooking (you'll understand what I mean if you make it). I thought I was going to hate it. But... thankfully, its smell and taste were completely different.
On a scale of -5 through 5, Jesse said it was between at 3 and a 4. I'm guessing that's a 3.5.
If Jesse liked it that much and he doesn't usually like Oriental food, you know it must be good. ;-)
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Oh. I also made cookies on Monday. They were scrumptious.
Did you like the cookies with the kisses or rectangles better? Did you use the peanut blossom recipe or try a different one?
ReplyDeleteI think I liked them with the rectangles better, because there was actually chocolate with a bit of cookie. But... the Reeses ones were really good too.
ReplyDeleteI used Mom's recipe.