This yummylicious Chicken Rolls are soaked in aromatic wine and herbs mixture; it is so juicy and tender; and served cold. It is best to prepare a day ahead and serve them the next day, to let the soaking mixture seeps into these chicken rolls.
Ingredients:
2 chicken (whole legs, deboned and skin-on)
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. Shaoxing Wine
Wine and herbs mixture:
350 ml. water
Chicken bones from the deboned legs
8 g. dong quai
15 g. ginger (sliced)
3 red dates
2 bay leaves (dried)
1 star anise
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
10 g. goji berries or wolf berries
300 ml. shaoxing wine
Methods:
- To cook the chicken: remove the excess fat; make few slits at the thicker part of the chicken, and I do slice off some meat to make the meat even; then season with salt and shaoxing wine. Marinate for at least one hour, but more will be better.
- Roll up the chicken legs like a Swiss Roll, skin side down, with an aluminium foil.
- Steam for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove the chicken rolls and directly place them in ice water to stop cooking immediately.
- Remove the foil after the chicken is cold.
- For the wine and herbs mixture: in a pot with medium heat, simmer all the ingredients except goji berries or wolf berries and shaoxing wine for 30 minutes. Strain the mixture into a container. Mix with wine and goji berries after it is cold.
- Place the chicken rolls into the container with the mixture. Let it steep overnight to absorb the flavor in the refrigerator.
- To serve: Cut the chicken into 1/4 inch thick. Drizzle some soaking liquid on it and serve cold.
I adapted this recipe from 'tasteasianfood.com' with slight amendment to suit my cooking preference.
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