Chicken With Black Bean Sauce 豆豉雞

🧂 Ingredients

• 900 g Boneless chicken
• 4 Small shallots
• 20 g Fermented black beans
• 6 cloves Garlic
• 2 slices Ginger
• 2 stalks Green onions
• 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Light soy sauce
• ½ tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Corn starch

Instructions

• 1 Cut boneless chicken to approx. 2cm cubes
• 2 Marinate chicken with 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp light soy sauce, ½ salt and 2 tsp
  cornstarch. Set aside
• 3 Cut 4 small shallots into halves, chop 6 cloves of garlic, wash 20 g of
  fermented black beans, slice 2 pieces of fresh ginger, and cut 2 stalks of green
  onions into 5 cm pieces. Set aside
• 4 Heat a wok or pan to high heat You can use medium-high heat if you are not
  comfortable with high heat but searing may take longer than 90 seconds per side
• 5 Add 2 tbsp oil and add chicken to the pan in a single layer. Let it sear for
  approx. 1 minute Be sure to allow space between the chicken pieces for the steam
  to escape. Sear in more than one batch if necessary
• 6 Flip the chicken over and sear for another minute until both sides are seared
• 7 Reduce heat to medium and remove chicken from pan and set aside
• 8 Add shallots and ginger to the pan and stir-fry until aromatic
• 9 Add garlic and black beans and stir-fry for another 30 seconds
• 10 Turn heat back up to high and add chicken but do not add any of the juice of the
  chicken that might have come out during resting
• 11 Stir-fry until well mixed and add 1 tbsp of Shaoxing wine to the outer edge of
  the pan so that it can slide to the bottom of the pan. Stir-fry for 20 seconds
• 12 Add 1 tsp of dark soy sauce and 1 tsp sugar to the chicken and stir until well
  mixed
• 13 Reduce heat to low and cover with a lid for 90 seconds
• 14 Remove lid and check if the chicken is done. If the chicken is not done, put the
  lid back on and check back in 60 seconds until it’s done
• 15 Turn off heat and taste. Add more soy sauce or sugar if necessary The saltiness
  of the black beans and soy sauce can vary
• 16 Serve

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