🇨🇳 China
Mouthwatering Chicken (Kou Shui Ji), made with supermarket ingredients
The authentic flavor in three easy steps with what any supermarket sells, in metric, for students and anyone cooking far from home (serves 2).
25 min3 to wash
3 lazy steps
- 1
Poach chicken breasts with ginger, scallion, and Shaoxing wine for 10 minutes, then ice bath and slice.
- 2
Mix garlic, soy sauce, black vinegar, chili oil, sugar, and Sichuan peppercorn powder for the sauce.
- 3
Pour sauce over chicken, garnish with crushed peanuts and cilantro, and serve cold.
🇨🇳 How it's eaten in China
In Sichuan, China, it is often served drenched in a heavy layer of chili oil topped with toasted sesame seeds and crushed peanuts.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- chicken breast450 g
- garlic, minced2 cloves
- cm ginger, sliced2.5
- green onions, chopped2
- Shaoxing wine1 tbsp
Swap: 1 tbsp dry sherry（easy substitute・good aroma）
- soy sauce2 tbsp
- Chinese black vinegar1 tbsp
Swap: 1/2 tbsp balsamic + 1/2 tbsp rice vinegar（matches tartness・pantry staples）
- chili oil2 tbsp
- Sichuan peppercorn powder1 tsp
Swap: 1/2 tsp black pepper + 1/2 tsp ground coriander（replicates numbness・easy to find）
- sugar1 tsp
- roasted peanuts, chopped2 tbsp
- cilantro, chopped1 tbsp
Authentic ingredients in China
- bone-in whole chicken1
- Sichuan chili oil3 tbsp
- Sichuan peppercorn powder1 tbsp
- Chinese black vinegar2 tbsp
- soy sauce2 tbsp
- Shaoxing wine1 tbsp
- garlic3 cloves
- cm ginger2.5
- green onions2
- sugar1 tbsp
- roasted peanuts2 tbsp
- toasted sesame seeds1 tbsp
Optional authentic touch
Traditional method uses a whole bone-in chicken poached low and slow for maximum tenderness.
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