🇹🇼 Taiwan
Taiwanese Sesame Oil Chicken (Ma You 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 min2 to wash
3 lazy steps
- 1
Slice fresh ginger and cut bone-in chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces.
- 2
Heat black sesame oil in a pot over medium heat, sauté fresh ginger until fragrant, then add bone-in chicken thighs and brown all sides.
- 3
Pour in Shaoxing wine, water, rock sugar, and salt, bring to a boil, then simmer covered for 15 minutes.
🇹🇼 How it's eaten in Taiwan
In Taiwan, this rich warming dish is traditionally served over thin misua wheat noodles or alongside hot steamed rice during winter months.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- bone-in chicken thighs500 g
Swap: boneless skinless chicken thighs (450 g)（no bones・faster cooking）
- black sesame oil3 tbsp
Swap: toasted sesame oil (3 tbsp)（easy to find・rich nutty flavor）
- fresh ginger60 g
- Shaoxing wine350 ml
Swap: dry sherry (350 ml)（mimics wine aroma・widely available）
- rock sugar1 tbsp
Swap: brown sugar (1 tbsp)（dissolves quickly・adds sweetness）
- water250 ml
- salt0.5 tsp
Authentic ingredients in Taiwan
- bone-in chicken thighs500 g
- black sesame oil3 tbsp
- fresh ginger60 g
- Shaoxing wine350 ml
- rock sugar1 tbsp
- water250 ml
- salt0.5 tsp
Optional authentic touch
Slowly fry ginger slices in sesame oil over low heat until the edges curl to deeply infuse the oil without burning it.
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