Pour Over Ginger Scallion Chicken

Ingredients

• 2 L-shaped organic chicken legs (L-shaped usually refers to the whole leg (thigh and drumstick))
• 5 red dates (dried jujubes)
• 5 slices ginger (for steaming)
• 2 tbsp cooking oil (for making scallion oil)
• 0.5 cup scallions (finely chopped for the sauce; also used to infuse the oil)
• 0.5 cup ginger (finely minced for the sauce (1:1 ratio with scallions))
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 0.5 tsp sugar
• 0.25 tsp salt
• chicken broth (reserved from the steaming process)

Steps

1. 1

   Place the chicken legs, red dates, and ginger slices in a heatproof bowl or steaming dish.

2. 2

   Bring water to a boil in a steamer. Once boiling, place the chicken inside and steam for 16 minutes.

3. 3

   Remove the chicken from the steamer and let it cool down. Carefully pour out and reserve the chicken broth (soup) that collected in the bowl.

4. 4

   Once cooled, shred the chicken into bite-sized pieces and set aside.

5. 5

   In a small pan, heat the cooking oil with some scallion pieces until the oil is fragrant and the scallions are cooked.

6. 6

   In a heatproof bowl, combine a 1:1 ratio of finely minced ginger and chopped scallions.

7. 7

   Pour the hot scallion oil over the fresh ginger and scallion mixture to sizzle and release their flavors.

8. 8

   Add 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, and the reserved chicken broth to the ginger-scallion mixture.

9. 9

   Mix the sauce well and pour it over the shredded chicken before serving.

Notes

The 'L-shaped' chicken refers to the whole leg (thigh and drumstick attached). The author suggests serving this with salted vegetable soup for a complete comforting meal. The broth collected during steaming is essential for the sauce's flavor.

Nutrition per serving

• chicken
• steamed
• ginger scallion
• healthy
• low effort
• main dish
• dinner