Oyster Sauce Chicken (蚝油焖鸡)

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  • Prep Time

    3 mins

  • Cook Time

    30 mins

  • Total Time

    33 mins

  • Servings

    6

  • Calories

    363 kcal

  • Course

    Main Course

  • Cuisine

    Chinese

Oyster Sauce Chicken (蚝油焖鸡)

A simple and delicious way to cook chicken, Chinese oyster sauce chicken requires little effort and basic skills but delivers amazing taste.

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Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon neutral cooking oil
  • 6 chicken thigh about 2 lb/900g in total (see note 1, skin on and bone in
  • 10 clove garlic
  • 10 lice ginger
  • 2 tablespoon oyster sauce see note 2
  • 2 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce light
  • 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 1 cup water hot
  • 5 dried chilies optional
  • 1 talk scallions finely chopped

Instructions

Sear the chicken

  1. Heat oil in a skillet. Place in chicken thighs, garlic cloves, and sliced ginger. Pan fry over medium heat until both sides turn lightly golden. 

Braise the chicken

  1. Mix oyster sauce, Shaoxing rice wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, and white pepper with hot water. Pour the mixture into the skillet and add dried chilies if using.
  2. Cover the skillet with a lid and leave to braise over medium heat for 15 minutes. Flip over the chicken thighs and cook for a further 10 minutes.

Thicken the sauce

  1. Uncover the skillet and turn the heat up to high. Let the sauce bubble intensely. Once the sauce has become thick enough to coat a spatula, remove the skillet from the heat.
  2. Garnish the chicken with chopped scallions and serve immediately.

Notes

  • Other skin-on cuts of chicken work for this recipe too, such as wings, drumsticks, and leg quarters. Adjust the cooking time based on the size of the cut. Chicken breasts are not suitable though.
  • If you’re allergic to seafood, replace the regular oyster sauce with the vegetarian version labeled as “mushroom vegetarian stir-fry sauce”.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 1serving Calories 363kcal (18%) Carbohydrates 5g (2%) Protein 25g (50%) Fat 26g (40%) Saturated Fat 7g (35%) Polyunsaturated Fat 7g (41%) Monounsaturated Fat 10g (50%) Trans Fat 0.2g (10%) Cholesterol 142mg (47%) Sodium 616mg (26%) Potassium 359mg (8%) Fiber 0.4g (2%) Sugar 1g (2%) Vitamin A 243IU (5%) Vitamin C 2mg (2%) Calcium 26mg (3%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 363 kcal

% Daily Value*

Serving 1serving
Calories 363kcal 18%
Carbohydrates 5g 2%
Protein 25g 50%
Fat 26g 40%
Saturated Fat 7g 35%
Polyunsaturated Fat 7g 41%
Monounsaturated Fat 10g 50%
Trans Fat 0.2g 10%
Cholesterol 142mg 47%
Sodium 616mg 26%
Potassium 359mg 8%
Fiber 0.4g 2%
Sugar 1g 2%
Vitamin A 243IU 5%
Vitamin C 2mg 2%
Calcium 26mg 3%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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