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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.
Prep Time
3 mins
Cook Time
3 mins
Total Time
33 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 363 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon neutral cooking oil
- 6 chicken thighs (skin on and bone in) about 2 lb/900g in total (see note 1)
- 10 clove garlic
- 10 slice ginger
- 2 tablespoon oyster sauce see note 2
- 2 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 cup hot water
- 5 dried chilies optional
- 1 stalk scallions finely chopped
Instructions
Sear the chicken
- 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.
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Braise the chicken
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
Serving
1serving
Calories
363kcal
(18%)
Carbohydrates
5g
(2%)
Protein
25g
(50%)
Fat
26g
(40%)
Saturated Fat
7g
(35%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
7g
Monounsaturated Fat
10g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
142mg
(47%)
Sodium
616mg
(26%)
Potassium
359mg
(10%)
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
% 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.