9. Spicy & Fragrant Soy Sauce Chicken

Serves 3

Ingredients:
1/2 medium size chicken (cut into 8 parts and cleaned)
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 green chillies
5 bird eye’s chillies
1 onion
½ cup warm water
Few sprigs of spring onion and parsley, chopped
2 tbsp oil
Salt and sugar to taste

Ingredients A:
1 cinnamon stalk
2 clove
1 star anise
2 cardamom
2 shallots
3 cloves of garlic
1 inch ginger


Method:

1. Take the shallots, garlic and ginger into the blender and mash it until it is very fine


2. Heat the oil in the work and sauté Ingredients A until they are fragrant


3. Put the chicken in and stir for about 5 minutes


4. Pour the soy sauce in. You may substitute with 1/4 cup of thick soy sauce


5. Pour in the warm water and give it a good stir


6. Slice the green chillies and halve the bird eye’s chillies and combine them into the wok. If you like it slightly hot, don’t halve the bird eye’s chillies


7. Julienne the onion and add into the wok


8. Let it simmer for about 15 minutes or until the gravy thickens


9. Serve in a bowl and sprinkle the spring onion and parsley on top of it. Goes perfectly well with hot rice and chicken/beef soup!
   

p/s: We were out of KL on the third week of November hence no post for that week.

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My husband won't be back until the third week of November so there will be no post at the moment.