📋Three Cup Chicken

saucy chicken cooked in soy sauce chinese wine and sesame oil in a skillet.

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📋Three Cup Chicken

Taiwanese-style three cup chicken is made with rice wine, soy sauce, and sesame oil. An authentic Taiwanese recipe typically includes a cup each of soy sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil. It’s a perfect weeknight dinner that can be made in 30 minutes.

Prep Time20

Cook Time15

Total Time35

Course: chicken, Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: Asian, Chinese

Servings: servings

Calories: 204kcal

Author: Jyothi Rajesh

Ingredients

1 pound chicken boneless skinless chicken – thighs are best, can use breast too. Cut into 1-inch pieces
½ tablespoon baking soda
⅓ cup light soy sauce
⅓ cup Shaoxing wine
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil if you don’t like the deep flavor of sesame oil, reduce the quantity
½ tablespoon brown sugar
½ tablespoon ginger skin peeled and cut into thin round slices
4 cloves of garlic
3 dried red chillies optional
¼ cup green onion
½ tablespoon water
½ tablespoon corn starch
10-15 Thai basil leaves use sweet Italian basil if you don’t have access to Thai basil

Instructions

First step with tendering the chicken. Add baking soda to the chicken, and mix well. Set aside for 10 minutes. Later rinse it well with water. Pat the chicken dry on a kitchen towel.
Mix soy sauce, Chinese Shaoxing wine and brown sugar. Keep aside.
In a wok or large skillet, heat half of the toasted sesame oil.
Add ginger slices and garlic cloves. Toss for a few seconds.
Add dried red chillies and green onions and toss few seconds.
Add chicken and cook for 4-5 minutes by tossing frequently.
Pour the prepared sauce and toss well.
Reduce the heat to low.
Mix corn starch with water and make sure no lumps are left.
Pour into the pan and toss well.
The sauce will thicken. If the sauce is too thick, adjust consistency by adding a splash of water.
Turn off the heat. Add fresh basil leaves. Mix well.
Drizzle the remaining sesame oil and mix well.
Serve it hot with jasmine rice.

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Notes

Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.

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