Cantonese•healthy
White Cut Chicken|Chinese Poached Chicken
Easy Chinese poached chicken, also known as white cut chicken. Super great cold dish for summer days.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 chicken ( , around 2 pound)
- 4 ginger slices
- 2 green onions make knots
- 1/4 tsp. Sichuan peppercorn ( , optional, I added this for personal habit)
- 4- inch piece fresh ginger
- 6-8 scallions
- 1/2 cup neutral oil
- 1 tsp. salt
Instructions
- 1
Bring a large pot of water to a boiling and then add scallion, ginger and Sichuan peppercorn.
- 2
Hold the chicken and then dip the whole chicken into the boiling water three times- make sure each inch of the skin is covered.After the final dip, place chicken immediately into an ice water bath. This will tighten skin perfectly.
- 3
Then return the chicken back, covered and use slowest fire to heat for another 5 minutes. Turn off the fire and set aside for 20 minutes.
- 4
Once down, transfer the chicken out and set aside until completely cooled. Then cut into pieces.
- 5
To make the ginger and scallion dip sauce