Chinese Cold Chicken Breast
凉拌鸡胸肉
First part of this video: link
Roughly 400grams of chicken.
Prepare the chicken:
- First, cut the chicken. Relatively thin strips.
- Next, take some baking soda, dissolve it in water, and soak the chicken in the baking soda water for 15 minutes.
- After soaking, drain it and rinse with COLD water. Use a paper towel to absorb any lingering moisture.
- Next, season the chicken with some salt, white pepper (白胡椒粉), scallion sections (葱段), ginger and soy sauce(生抽). Mix those all together.
- After mixing lightly by hand, add some potato starch or other starch. Add some oil.
Prepare the sauce:
- Lots of minced garlic
- Lots of spicy chinese chilis (any kind, just bring it on)
- Scallion greens (葱花)
- Sesame seeds
Now, heat up some oil. When it’s hot, add it to that saucy mix.
- Add some more soy sauce(生抽).
- Add a tad bit of oyster sauce (蚝油).
- Add some sugar.
- Add some sesame sauce
- Add a tad bit of chinese vinegar (陈醋)
Now, we need to actually cook the chicken.
Bring a wok of water to boil. When it boils, put it to medium and put the chicken in one piece at a time. Flip the chicken pieces as they boil.
Overall, you just need to let them cook for about 2-3 minutes.
Drain, put on a plate, and drizzle that sauce on top. It should be good to go!
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