China

Baiqie Ji

Name: Baiqie Ji
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1.3 kg Whole chicken; 1 piece Ginger; 3 Spring onions; 4 tbsp Peanut oil; 2 tsp Salt; to taste Soy sauce

Cantonese white cut chicken

Baiqie ji is a Cantonese classic in which a whole chicken is poached just below boiling and then shocked in cold water.

This keeps the meat especially juicy and silky, served with a dip of ginger and spring onion.

Servings4

Time40 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Whole chicken1.3 kg
Ginger1 piece
Spring onions3
Peanut oil4 tbsp
Salt2 tsp
Soy sauceto taste

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Lower the chicken into simmering water with ginger.
Poach just below boiling for about 30 minutes.
Shock in ice water so the skin firms up.
Chop ginger and spring onion, pour hot oil over them.
Cut up the chicken and serve with the dip.

Make it original

Ginger and peanut oil are in the Asia Boutique.

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