Golden Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 kg chicken
• 1 piece gingerroot, size of small walnut
• 1 spring onion
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup light soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon wine or 1 tablespoon shaoxing wine or 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 whole star anise
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 wash chicken well and pat dry with paper towels.
• 2 place ginger and spring onion in the cavity of the chicken.
• 3 bring the sauce ingredients to the boil in a saucepan large enough to hold the chicken. make sure honey and sugar dissolve completely.
• 4 place the chicken in the saucepan with the sauce. bring back to the boil, basting the sauce over the chicken, then reduce heat to a low simmer.
• 5 simmer the chicken for 15 minutes; the sauce should be just bubbling. turn the chicken over to cook for another 15 minutes, then return the chicken to its back again for a final 25-30 minutes of low simmering.
• 6 the chicken is cooked when the flesh on the drumstick has shrunk back from the bone.
• 7 remove the chicken to cool to room temperatures, then chop into pieces, chinese style, for serving.
• 8 to serve, spoon about 3 tablespoons of the reheated sauce over the chicken and garnish attractively with fresh spring onion curls.