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Garlic Soy Braised Chicken
This Garlic Soy Braised Chicken is a healthy, richly flavorful, and easy dinner solution. Perfect over a bed of fluffy rice. Leftovers are wonderful.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 496 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Asian-American Fusion
Ingredients
- 16 chicken legs towel dried
- 7 cloves garlic chopped
- 2 tsp fresh ginger thinly sliced
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 TB granulated sugar
- 1 TB dried basil
- 5 whole dried star anise
- 2 tsp Asian sesame oil brownish in color
- ⅔ cup Regular soy sauce
- ⅔ cup Asian rice wine for cooking
- table salt
- Optional freshly chopped cilantro or green onions for garnish
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients except chicken in a Dutch oven or heavy pot. Stir to incorporate.
- Using a fork, poke holes everywhere on all sides of the chicken pieces. Be sure not to skip the towel drying. Add chicken to the pot. Sprinkle a thin layer of table salt lightly over the chicken. Stir to coat chicken in sauce.
- Bring to a boil and immediately drop down to medium-low heat. Cover pot and cook for 1 hour, occasionally stirring/turning the chicken with a wooden spatula so that all sides are braised in the sauce evenly.
- If desired, garnish with chopped cilantro or green onions. Serve warm.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
496kcal
(25%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
69g
(138%)
Fat
16g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
6g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
313mg
(104%)
Sodium
1772mg
(74%)
Potassium
932mg
(27%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
118IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
71mg
(7%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 496
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 496kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 69g | 138% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 313mg | 104% |
| Sodium | 1772mg | 74% |
| Potassium | 932mg | 20% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 118IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 71mg | 7% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.