Chinese Poached Chicken with Ginger Scallion

Juicy, tender, aromatic chicken drumsticks smothered in a delicious, fragrant ginger-scallion oil sauce. This incredibly easy chicken recipe comes together in less than 30 minutes!

Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine Chinese

Keyword chicken and ginger, Chinese boiled chicken, Chinese poached chicken, ginger chicken

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 601kcal

Author Megan

Equipment

Ingredients

6 chicken drumsticks
3 thick slices of ginger
2 stalks green onion

Ginger Scallion Sauce

3 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 stalks green onion diced
2 tablespoons ginger finely minced
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
⅓ cup chicken poaching liquid
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

Cook the chicken. Bring 8 cups of water, green onion, and ginger to a boil. Then lower the chicken and bring it back to a boil. Once it comes to a boil, reduce the heat, cover, and gently simmer for 10 minutes.
Shred the chicken. After 10 minutes, turn off the heat and let the chicken sit in the pot for an additional 15 minutes. Then remove and shred the chicken.
Cook the sauce. Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat until hot. Then add the green onion and ginger, and sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds to a minute. Then stir in the sugar, salt, poaching liquid, soy sauce, and sesame oil and bring to a simmer for 1-2 minutes.
Serve. Serve the chicken over rice and top with the ginger scallion sauce. Enjoy!

Notes

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