Red-Cooked Chicken

Name: Red-Cooked Chicken
Yield: portions: 16 portion size: ⅛ chicken
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: chickens; star anise; fresh ginger root; sichuan peppercorns; soy sauce; water; chicken stock; sugar; scallions; sherry; shaoxing wine

Preparation info

portions:
16
portion size: ⅛ chicken

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Professional Cooking

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2025

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Ingredients

U.S.	METRIC	INGREDIENTS
2

Asia
China
Main course

Method

Cut each chicken into eighths.
Tie the star anise, ginger root, and peppercorns in a cheesecloth bag.
Combine the soy sauce and water or stock in a pot and add the spice bag, sugar, scallions, and sherry. Bring to a boil.
Add the chicken. Simmer until tender.
Serve the chicken hot or cold. If it is to be served cold, cool it and st