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Braised Chicken Leg
Don't know what to eat? Try braised chicken legs. Fresh chicken leg meat, braised and flavorful, especially goes well with rice. The ingredients are easy to buy and the steps are simple. After being cooked, it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Easily make a delicious meal.
INGREDIENTS
Main Ingredients
- ·10 pieces chicken legs
Additional Ingredients
- ·0.7 oz (20 g) Ginger
- ·0.7 oz (20 g) Green onions (white part)
- ·4 leaves Bay leaves
- ·2 pieces Star anise
- ·2 small sticks Cinnamon stick
- ·0.35 oz (10 g) Rock sugar
Seasonings
- ·2 tbsp (30 ml) Oil
- ·2 tsp (10 ml) Soy sauce
- ·A small amount Cornstarch slurry (water + cornstarch)
DIRECTIONS
Step 1
Cut 0.7 oz (20g) ginger into large slices and 0.7 oz (20g) white scallion into sections for later use.
Step 2
Pour 0.5 fl oz (15ml) oil into the pot and heat it. Then put 10 chicken legs into the pot.
Step 3
Stir-fry until the skin of the chicken legs turns slightly yellow and then put them in a plate.
Step 4
Start a new pot, pour another 0.5 fl oz (15ml) oil. Then add 4 pieces of bay leaves, 2 star anise, 2 pieces of cinnamon, ginger slices and scallion sections and stir-fry until the fragrance comes out.
Step 5
Subsequently add 2 tsp (10g) rock sugar and stir evenly to make the rock sugar melt and coat the ingredients.
Step 6
Add 0.33 fl oz (10ml) soy sauce, 13.5 fl oz (400ml) clear water and 2 tsp salt.
Step 7
Pour the chicken legs that were taken out into the pot, cover the pot with a lid. First boil it over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
Step 8
When the water in the pot gradually dries up, add a little starch water.
Step 9
Continue to simmer until the soup becomes thick and then it can be taken out of the pot and served on a plate.