Li Bai Chicken
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Li Bai Chicken
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Ingredients
- 12oz skinless boneless chickendiced into bite-sized pieces
- 3tablespoons Vegetable oil
- cup ½ whole dried red chilies
- 1/3cup diced pickled chilies
- 1 whole star anise
- 3slices gingerabout 2” rounds
- 2 green onioncut into 2” lengths
- cup ¾ chicken broth
- 1teaspoon salt
- 2tablespoons fermented glutinous rice wine
- teaspoon ½ sugar
- 1/8teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1tablespoon Chinese Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
- 2tablespoons dark caramel
- 1teaspoon sesame oil
Instructions
- Heat wok over medium-high heat and add vegetable oil. Add chicken and sear until lightly golden, about 2 – 3 minutes. Remove chicken from wok, leaving behind as much oil as possible.
- Add dried chilies, pickled chilies, star anise, ginger slices and green onion to wok. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add broth, salt, glutinous rice wine, sugar, white pepper, Shaoxing wine, dark caramel and chicken to wok. Bring to a simmer and cook until chicken is cooked through and sauce is slightly thickened.
- Add sesame oil and serve hot.
Recipe Notes
Dark caramel is made by cooking sugar until it is very dark, then add a little water to liquefy. If dark caramel is not available, substitute 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce and reduce salt to ½ teaspoon.