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Chicken in Ginger and Soy Sauce
How to turn chicken, ginger, scallions, garlic, soy sauce, and kecap manis into Grandma's delicious Chinese chicken in ginger and soy sauce.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 chicken, cut into 8 pieces, or use 8 drumsticks
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 4 inches ginger, peeled and cut into match sticks
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 scallion, chopped (reserve some for garnish)
- 1 bunch (~ 1 cup) cilantro, chopped
- 2 tablespoon kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce)
- 2 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon sugar
- ¾ cup water
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Instructions
- 1
Heat oil in a skillet and stir fry ginger, garlic, scallion, and cilantro until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes.
- 2
Add chicken pieces and stir fry until no longer pink.
- 3
Add kecap manis, light soy sauce, sugar, and water and mix well.
- 4
Bring to a boil, then cover with a lid and simmer for 20 minutes.
- 5
Remove the lid and cook until liquid is reduced by half.
- 6
Add salt if needed, transfer to a serving plate, garnish with some chopped scallion, and serve with steamed white rice.