This is my new go-to chicken recipe at home. We had two chickens in the fridge to use, so I turned them into drunk chickens. Often eaten cold, it’s a great recipe if you want juicy, delicious chicken for lunch for the next couple of days. Follow along for the recipe using the ingredients listed below.
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Drunken Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 chicken
- 30g palm sugar
- 80g ginger
- 1 tsp MSG
- 200ml shaoxing wine
- 40ml fish sauce
- 4 garlic cloves
- 5 spring onion
- 4 star anise
- 10g goji berries
- 5 cloves
- Small handful of salt
Method
1. Start by rubbing your chicken all over with the salt.
2. Slice your aromatics (spring onion, garlic and ginger) and place in a large pot of water big enough to hold and cover the chicken along with the rest of your ingredients.
3. Bring this to a simmer and skim any fat that rises to the surface. Once the water is simmering, put the lid on the pot and turn the temperature down as low as it will go and set a timer for 30 minutes.
4. After 30 minutes, turn the heat completely off and set a timer for 20 minutes. At this point your chicken should be cooked but make sure you check it with a thermapen to be certain. It needs to get to 65c/150f.
5. When you're ready to serve, carve the chicken and serve it with some of the cooking liquid either cold or still hot.
Smash cucumber salad
- 2 cucumbers
- Good pinch salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp crunchy bits from chilli oil
- 1.5 tbsp fish sauce
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
Method
1. Slice your cucumbers in half lengthways and with the back of the knife smash them
2. Slice into bite size pieces and season well with salt. Set aside for 10 minutes.
3. After 10 minutes, drain the liquid that has come off the cucumbers.
4. Mix the rest of the ingredients in the jug and dress your cucumbers with it.