China

Cong You Ji

Name: Cong You Ji
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 kg Whole chicken or thighs; 1 bunch Spring onions; 1 piece Ginger; 5 tbsp Peanut oil; some of each Salt & soy sauce; 1 tbsp Rice wine

Poached chicken with scallion oil

Cong you ji is a Cantonese dish of tenderly poached chicken doused in fragrant scallion oil.

The hot oil wakes the aromas of spring onion and ginger, making the plain chicken especially flavourful.

Servings4

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Whole chicken or thighs1 kg
Spring onions1 bunch
Ginger1 piece
Peanut oil5 tbsp
Salt & soy saucesome of each
Rice wine1 tbsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Poach the chicken just below boiling.
Shock in ice water and cut into pieces.
Finely chop spring onion and ginger.
Heat the oil and pour over the mixture.
Spoon the scallion oil over the chicken and serve.

Make it original

Peanut oil and rice wine are in the Asia Boutique.

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