Scallion Oil Poached Chicken
Scallion Oil Poached Chicken, aka "Marry Me Chicken," is tender and juicy chicken smothered in addictive scallion oil sauce.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 5 chicken drumsticks
- 5 slices ginger
- 2 green onions
- 1/2 tbsp Shaoxing cooking wine
- 5 tbsp vegetable oil
- 5 slices ginger
- 3 green onions
- 2 shallots
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1/2 tsp sugar
Instructions
- 1
In a pot of cold water, add chicken drumsticks, sliced ginger, green onions, and Shaoxing cooking wine.
- 2
Bring the water to a boil, then reduce heat to low, and simmer for 8 minutes. Turn off the heat, with the lid covered, let the chicken sit in residual heat for 15 minutes.
- 3
Dunk the chicken in ice water, then use your hands to shred. Place the chicken on a serving plate.
- 4
In a saucepan, add oil, ginger, green onions and shallots. Cook in low-medium heat for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
- 5
Mix the scallion oil with oyster sauce, soy sauce and sugar. Drizzle over the chicken and enjoy with rice!