Mum’s Braised Ginger Chicken

Name: Mum’s Braised Ginger Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ¼ cup (60 ml) sesame oil; 1 teaspoon caster (superfine) sugar; 6 cm (2½ inch) piece old ginger (see Note), skin on, sliced; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine; 1 teaspoon light soy sauce; Steamed rice, to serve; 6-8 chicken thigh fillets, cut in half; 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chinese-ish

By Joanna Hu and Rosheen Kaul

Published 2022

About

If any dish were to taste like home to me, this would be it. Fragrant with toasted sesame oil, a little soy and plenty of warming ginger, this simple, comforting braise makes an appearance on our dinner table any time someone shows signs of illness. Served simply with steamed rice, it literally tastes like a warm hug from my mum.

Ingredients

¼ cup (60 ml) sesame oil
6 cm (2½ inc

Method

Heat the sesame oil in a wok or a frying pan over medium heat, add the ginger and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the chicken pieces and stir-fry until they start to brown, 4-5 minutes.

Add the salt, sugar, 2½ tablespoons water and soy sauce and stir. Cover and allow to simmer for 7-8 minutes.