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Chicken in Chinese Rice Wine

This chicken dish is full of sesame oil, ginger, and Chinese rice wine. A traditional dish to serve new mothers, and a tasty treat for everyone else.

Ingredients

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1 tablespoon sesame oil
100 gram ginger, preferably old ginger, peeled (optional) and thinly sliced
1 whole free-range chicken (Indonesian: ayam kampung), or 6-8 chicken drumsticks, or 3-4 chicken leg quarters
10 gram Angelica roots (当归- dang gui)
15 gram red dates/jujube (红枣- hong zao)
10 gram goji berries (枸杞- gou qi)
400 ml Chinese yellow rice wine (黄酒- huang jiu)
200 ml Chinese white rice wine (白酒- bai jiu)
50 gram rock sugar
1⁄2 teaspoon salt, omit if your rice wine has salt content in it

1
Heat sesame oil in a pot on medium-high heat and fry ginger until fragrant. About 3 minutes.
2
Add chicken pieces and cook until no longer pink. About 2 minutes.
3
Add red dates, Angelica roots, goji berries, yellow rice wine, and white rice wine. Mix well, and bring to a boil.
4
Season with salt, then turn the heat to a simmer, cover the pot, and cook for 1 hour.
5
Add rock sugar and cook until the sugar is completely dissolved. Turn off the heat and serve the chicken in immediately.