Name: Taiwanese-Style Three Cup Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1½ lb chicken thighs; ½ cup sesame oil; 10 slices fresh ginger; 2 garlic cloves; ½ cup dry sherry; ⅓ cup soy sauce; ¼ cup water; 3 tbsp white sugar; ½ cup Thai basil leaves; 3 red chilies

Taiwanese-Style Three Cup Chicken Recipe

How To Make Taiwanese-Style Three Cup Chicken

This three cup chicken is a favorite in Taiwan! Enjoy chicken chunks cooked in soy sauce, rice wine, Thai basil, and ginger, served over noodles or rice.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 40 minutes

Total: 1 hour

Serves:

Ingredients

1tbspvegetable oil
1½lbchicken thighs,skinless, boneless, and cut into chunks
½cupsesame oil
10slicesfresh ginger
2garlic cloves,sliced
½cupdry sherry
⅓cupsoy sauce
¼cupwater
3tbspwhite sugar
½cupThai basil leaves,fresh
3red chilies,whole, dried

Instructions

Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken pieces, and cook for about 5 minutes, until lightly browned on all sides. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
Heat sesame oil in skillet, then add ginger and garlic. Cook and stir for about 30 seconds, until the ginger begins to brown.
Stir in the reserved chicken, sherry, soy sauce, water, and sugar. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for about 20 minutes, until there is only ¼ cup of liquid left in the skillet.
Stir in the basil and chiles, and increase heat to medium. Continue cooking until the liquid is almost gone.
Serve with noodles or rice. Enjoy!