"Taiwanese Home Cooking" Three-Cup Chicken
『台灣家常菜』三杯雞
Three-Cup Chicken is a classic Taiwanese home-cooked dish. Chicken is simmered in soy sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil, resulting in a rich, flavorful dish that is delicious, easy to make, and perfect for the whole family to enjoy.
- servings
- 👥 3 servings
- time
- ⏱ 15 min
- Cuisine
- 🍽 Taiwanese
by @little_taipei · Original recipe on kangacook.com
English text is machine-translated from the original Chinese and has not been reviewed by a person.
Ingredients
- 3 slicesboneless chicken thigh
- 7 slicessliced ginger
- 6 clovesgarlic
- 1 cupsoy sauce
- 1 cuprice wine
- 1 cupsesame oil
- to tastetaiwanese basil
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Nutrition per serving
- calories
- 980 kcal
- protein
- 35.5 g
- fat
- 89.2 g
- carbohydrate
- 16 g
As published by the author; KangaCook estimates these automatically.
Steps
- 1
Dice the chicken thighs and sear them skin-side down until golden brown! It usually already smells amazing at this point 😋
- 2
Once the chicken thighs are seared until golden brown, remove them first! You can put them on a small plate or in a small bowl.
- 3
Add sliced ginger 🫚 and garlic 🧄 to the same pan and stir-fry until fragrant!
- 4
Return the chicken thighs to the pan and stir-fry! Sauté until the aroma comes out.
- 5
Add the essential three-cup sauce: soy sauce, sesame oil, and rice wine! If you don't have rice wine, Shaoxing wine can be used as a substitute!
- 6
Finally, add Thai basil 🌿 and it's done!
