China

Salt-Baked Chicken

Name: Salt-Baked Chicken
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1.2 kg Whole chicken; 2 kg Coarse sea salt; some of each Ginger & spring onion; 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine; 1 tsp Sand ginger powder; 1 tbsp Sesame oil

Hakka chicken in a salt crust

Yan ju ji, salt-baked chicken, is a specialty of the Hakka community in Guangdong province.

A whole chicken is wrapped in paper and cooked in hot coarse salt, which seals in moisture and keeps the meat especially tender.

Servings4

Time90 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Whole chicken1.2 kg
Coarse sea salt2 kg
Ginger & spring onionsome of each
Shaoxing wine2 tbsp
Sand ginger powder1 tsp
Sesame oil1 tbsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Rub the chicken with wine and spices, let dry.
Wrap the chicken tightly in baking paper.
Heat the coarse salt very hot in a pot.
Bury the chicken in the salt and cook slowly through.
Unwrap, joint and serve with ginger oil.

Make it original

Sand ginger and Shaoxing wine are in the Asia Boutique.

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