Chicken in soy sauce
Chicken in soy sauce

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Soy Sauce Chicken or "See Yao Gai" is a quintessential Cantonese favorite, found hanging under heat lamps in many Chinatown restaurant windows. You'll find it near the poached chickens, roast ducks, and roast pork. All have their merits, but a Soy Sauce Chicken done right is tough to beat.

Chicken in soy sauce is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chicken in soy sauce is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chicken in soy sauce using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken in soy sauce:
  1. Make ready 4 Chicken Supremes or Chicken Breasts with skin on
  2. Make ready Butter (as much or as little as you fancy)
  3. Take 600 ml Double Cream
  4. Make ready 3-4 tablespoons Dark Soy Sauce (Pearl River Bridge recommenced)
  5. Prepare 600 gm Mushrooms, sliced
  6. Get 2-3 large Onions, roughly chopped

Soy sauce chicken (See Yao Gai/Si Yau Kai / 豉油鸡) is a famous Cantonese cuisine that is easy to prepare. The flavor is exceptional, achieving by using the top quality premium soy sauce and poach at a sub boiling temperature. Other items hanging at the Chinese restaurant under the heat lamps are. Soy sauce chicken is a classic Cantonese dish with legions of fans.

Steps to make Chicken in soy sauce:
  1. Pre-heat oven up to Gas Mark 7, Electric 200C. Fan Oven 180
  2. Spread butter generously over the chicken pieces and place in a casserole. Cook uncovered in oven for 45 minutes
  3. Whilst the chicken is cooking, fry the onions and mushrooms and keep warm.
  4. Once the chicken is cooked, add the onions and mushrooms to the casserole and put back into the oven for 5 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile mix the soy sauce into the double cream, adding only one tablespoonful at a time and tasting until you get it to your personal satisfaction. Do not add more soy sauce after that point!
  6. Add half the soy sauce/cream mixture to the casserole and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes.
  7. Add the remaining sauce to the casserole and return to the oven for a final 5 minutes.
  8. Serve with rice. Vegetables according to personal choice are optional. Carrots, beans, peas or broccoli go well.

Though it isn't hard to cook, traditional recipes use ingredients like rock sugar, chenpi (a medicinal ingredient made from sun-dried tangerine peels), and Chinese rose wine that can be difficult to source in the US. Soy sauce chicken is one of the most common dishes in Cantonese cuisine. In fact, it became so popular that many manufacturers even introduced a quality "Soy Chicken Sauce" which, once diluted with water, can be used directly in cooking soy sauce chicken. Soy sauce chicken is quick, easy, and full of flavor. The chicken thighs stay juicy and tender and the flavor goes well with most side dishes.

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