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Fragrant Sauce Chicken

A dressed chicken is marinated in a special sauce, stuffed with scallion and ginger, then microwaved on high until thoroughly cooked.

1h 25m
Easy
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Fragrant Sauce Chicken

Ingredients

whole chicken (cleaned) 1 (900 g, or about half of a 1500 g chicken)
ginger (cut into shreds) 2 tbsp
scallion (cut into shreds) 1
minced garlic 3 tbsp
fermented soybean paste 2 tbsp
minced garlic chili sauce 1 flat tbsp
sand ginger powder 1/2 tsp
five-spice powder 1/4 tsp
cooking wine 1 tbsp
sugar 1 tsp
light soy sauce 2 tsp

Instructions

1

Step 1

Wash the chicken. Mix the seasonings with the minced garlic and rub evenly over the chicken skin. Marinate for about 1 hour.

2

Step 2

Cut the scallion into shreds and stuff into the chicken cavity together with the ginger shreds.

3

Step 3

Wrap the ends of the chicken legs with aluminum foil, place in a container, cover with plastic wrap leaving one opening for steam to escape. Microwave on high for 8 minutes.

4

Step 4

Remove the aluminum foil and plastic wrap. Microwave on high for 2 more minutes.

5

Step 5

Take out and let cool briefly, then chop into pieces and arrange on a plate to serve.