Scallion Oil Chicken
A classic Chinese recipe for Scallion Oil Chicken (Cōng Yóu Jī) made with chicken, salt, pepper, scallions, and garlic.
Ingredients
chicken
half
salt
to taste
ground white pepper
to taste
scallions
2
garlic
4 cloves
cilantro
to taste
soy sauce
to taste
Sichuan peppercorn powder
half teaspoon
sand ginger powder
half teaspoon
sesame oil
to taste
cooking oil
to taste
chicken bouillon powder
a little
Instructions
1
Step 1
Half a chicken.
2
Step 2
Rub the surface evenly with salt and ground white pepper, marinate for 30 minutes.
3
Step 3
Prepare scallions and garlic.
4
Step 4
Chop scallions and garlic into mince.
5
Step 5
Cilantro.
6
Step 6
Place the marinated chicken in a steamer and steam for 25 minutes.
7
Step 7
While steaming the chicken, make scallion oil. Heat oil in a pan, sauté minced scallions and garlic until fragrant.
8
Step 8
Add half teaspoon of Sichuan peppercorn powder.
9
Step 9
Then add half teaspoon of sand ginger powder.
10
Step 10
Pour in an appropriate amount of soy sauce and sesame oil, bring to a boil, add a little chicken bouillon powder, then turn off the heat.
11
Step 11
Pour the scallion oil sauce into a bowl.
12
Step 12
Time's up, the chicken is fully steamed.
13
Step 13
Cut the chicken into pieces, drizzle with scallion oil, sprinkle with cilantro, and it's done.
