How to Make Ultimate 3 cups chicken (三杯雞)

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, 3 cups chicken (三杯雞). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

If you love Three Cup Chicken, you have to try this recipe! It's just as good (if not better than the restaurants) yet easy to make at home using organic. The name three cup chicken (三杯鸡) comes from the three key ingredients in the recipe: Sesame oil. A true and authentic Taiwanese three cup chicken calls for basil leaves, the soul of the dish that lends an exotic aroma and minty nuance to the taste.

3 cups chicken (三杯雞) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. 3 cups chicken (三杯雞) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have 3 cups chicken (三杯雞) using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make 3 cups chicken (三杯雞):

1. Take chicken
2. Get ginger
3. Make ready scallion
4. Prepare basil
5. Make ready chilli
6. Prepare garlic
7. Prepare soy sauce
8. Take cooking wine
9. Prepare sesame oil
10. Take sugar
11. Take Water

Traditionally, three cup chicken is made with an entire chicken, carved-up, bone-in, and skin-on. It's braised in a sweet and savory broth until it gets a nice, sticky glaze. Then, fresh basil is added for the finishing touch. I've found a way to preserve this authentic flavor while using a simpler cut of chicken.

Instructions to make 3 cups chicken (三杯雞):

1. Chop the chili, ginger, garlic and scallion as the picture below. Remove the seed of the chili if you prefer to cut down the spiciness.
2. Put the sesame oil and ginger into the pan before turn on the fire.
3. Add garlic when you can smell the ginger
4. Add chicken and leave the side with skin facing down. Do not move it until it turns golden brown.Add chili and scallion once the chicken is golden brown on both sides.
5. Add sugar in the middle of the pan. Let it melted and caramelized. Stir fly evenly so the chicken is coated with sugar.
6. Add soy sauce. cooking wine and water. Let it boil for 10 mins until the sauce is concentrated
7. Turn off the fire before putting basil in. Stir fry a bit before serving. Voilà ❤️

Then, fresh basil is added for the finishing touch. I've found a way to preserve this authentic flavor while using a simpler cut of chicken. Three cups chicken is originated from the province of Jiangxi in China. Legend has it that it was created by Wen Tianxiang who was a scholar-general in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty. He created the chicken dish by using only a cup each of rice wine, lard, and soy sauce.

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