3 Cups Chicken (San Bei Ji)
As the name suggest, San Bei Ji means 3 cups chicken. Whether you've heard of it or not, you'll definitely like it. It's easy to cook, simple ingredients and very fragrant! It taste just like home.
Servings: 2 people
Ingredients
- 2 deboned chicken thigh (chicken chop cut)
- 3 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 thumb size ginger
- 4 cloves garlic
- 3 tbsp light soy sauce
- 3 tbsp Chinese cooking wine (Shao Xing Wine)
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 piece dried chili (optional)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 bunch Thai Basil leaves
Instructions
- Cut chicken into smaller pieces.
- Slice ginger thinly, lightly smash garlic.
- In a pan with lid, add in sesame oil on low heat. Add in ginger slices and let it crisp up on the sides. Add in garlic and let it cook for 1-2 minutes. This will release the fragrance into the sesame oil.
- Add in chicken and sauté till skin looks cooked or curled up. 2-4 minutes. Add in light soy sauce, cooking wine and dark soy sauce. Stir to combine everything.
- Then add in dried chili. This is optional and is omittable. Let it come to a boil, add 1 tsp of sugar. Close lid and let it cook on low heat for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove lid and add more sesame oil if needed. Let it simmer without the lid for 2 minutes to help the sauce thicken.
- Add in Thai Basil leaves continue simmering till sauce thickens (about 2 minutes). Serve with white rice.