Huadiao Chicken

Name: Huadiao Chicken
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Ingredients: 1 whole (1250g) Hen (cleaned); 30g Honey; 75g Pork fat (sliced thin); 50g Oyster sauce; 35g Ginger (chunked); 100g Huadiao wine; 35g Scallion strips; 125g Light stock; 5g MSG

Huadiao Chicken is a classic Cantonese dish with a unique preparation method. The chicken is coated with oyster sauce and honey, giving it an amber-like hue, and it is savory and delicious.

1h 10m

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Ingredients

Hen (cleaned) 1 whole (1250g)

Honey 30g

Pork fat (sliced thin) 75g

Oyster sauce 50g

Ginger (chunked) 35g

Huadiao wine 100g

Scallion strips 35g

Light stock 125g

MSG 5g

Instructions

Prep and Sauce Mixing

Clean the chicken and blanch in boiling water for about 2 minutes. Remove and clean off any remaining feathers or impurities, then reboil briefly. Remove and let the skin dry. First coat with oyster sauce, then coat the skin with honey. Slice the pork fat thinly. Combine the remaining oyster sauce, honey, MSG, and stock in a bowl to make the sauce mixture.