Nunu's Kitchen - 15 min Chinese ginger & green onion chicken

Food I make!

I am on an Asian food kick, so sue me. The Pook and I both LOVE Chinese ginger and green onion chicken, also known as "White Cut Chicken". It's essentially a chicken poached in a special broth and served with a sauce made out of chopped ginger and green onion. In my own version of the recipe, instead of poaching the chicken, I steam it, it's a big short cut - no need to make the poaching broth and no need to switch off the heat at a precise moment so as not to over cook the chicken - but without sacrificing on taste.
Traditionally, this dish is done with a whole chicken, but because there is only two of us at home, I just did it with drumstick (actually the truth is I have no idea how to chop up a whole chicken xD).

Ginger and Green Onion Chicken

You will need: 

• 8 medium chicken drumsticks;
• Approx 2 finger width and length piece of ginger - chopped finely;
• 4 small stalks green onion - chopped finely;
• 1/2 tsp salt;
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce;
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil;
• Optional - 1 drop sesame oil;
• Optional - for extra flavour, a pinch of chicken powder.

La Methode:

• Clean and pat dry the drumsticks, steam them using your preferred method of steaming - I used a steamer but you can use your wok if you want. For 8 medium drumsticks, 10 minutes from boil should be sufficient. If you're unsure, poke the chicken with a chopstick and if it goes through cleaning, it is cooked through.

• While the chicken is steaming, mix together the ginger, green onion and salt. Taste. It should be pretty salty.

• In a pan, heat up the vegetable oil until smoking, carefully pour over the ginger and green onion mix. It should sizzle.

• Add soy sauce and optional sesame oil and chicken powder.

• Serve steamed chicken either with dipping sauce on the side or drizzled over it.