Braised Red Chicken

Impress family and friends with this delicious braised chicken dish.

The ingredient of Braised Red Chicken

• 1l 4 cups massel chicken style liquid stock
• 500ml 2 cups light soy sauce
• 250ml 1 cup dark soy sauce
• 250ml 1 cup dry sherry
• 2 x 7cm cinnamon sticks see note
• 3 strips orange rind
• 6 whole star anise
• 6cm piece fresh ginger peeled sliced
• 300g 1 1 2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1 large about 2 4 kg whole chicken
• shallots trimmed thinly sliced to serve
• long fresh red chilli thinly sliced to serve

The Instruction of braised red chicken

• combine the stock combined soy sauce sherry cinnamon orange rind star anise ginger and sugar in a large saucepan or stockpot over high heat bring to the boil and stir until the sugar dissolves reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes
• rinse the chicken cavity under cold running water pat dry with paper towel inside and out add the chicken breast side down to the stock mixture return to the boil then reduce heat to very low cover and simmer for 20 minutes turn the chicken over being careful not to tear the skin simmer covered for a further 20 minutes
• turn the chicken breast side down cover and set aside for 30 minutes to develop the flavours
• use kitchen scissors to cut the chicken into serving pieces arrange on a serving platter drizzle over some of the cooking liquid and sprinkle with the shallot and chilli to serve

Nutritions of Braised Red Chicken

fatContent: 489 95 calories
saturatedFatContent: 32 grams fat
carbohydrateContent: 9 5 grams saturated fat
sugarContent: 6 grams carbohydrates
fibreContent: n a
proteinContent: n a
cholesterolContent: 45 grams protein
sodiumContent: n a

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