Zuiji
Drunken chicken is a classic Chinese cold dish where poached chicken is steeped in a fragrant rice wine marinade until deeply infused with the aroma of Shaoxing wine.
Ingredients
- Sanhuang chicken 1 pcs
- Hua Diao wine 200 ml
- Cooking oil to taste
- Salt to taste
- Soy sauce 1 tbsp
- Scallions, ginger and garlic to taste
- Cooking wine 1 tbsp
Instructions
- 1. Wash and cut the chicken into pieces, add cooking wine and a little soy sauce and marinate for 15 minutes
- 2. Pour an appropriate amount of cooking oil into the pot and heat it over high heat until it is 70% hot.
- 3. Add the chicken and stir-fry quickly over high heat until it changes color.
- 4. Add onion, ginger and garlic and continue to stir-fry until cooked through
- 5. Add salt, soy sauce and cooking wine to taste, stir-fry over high heat and serve evenly.
- 6. Remove from the pan and serve on a plate
Cultural Notes
Drunken chicken is a beloved dish from the Jiangnan region (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang), where Shaoxing wine is produced. The dish showcases the art of cold-cooking: the chicken is never stir-fried or roasted, but gently poached and then transformed by the wine marinade. The texture should be silky and delicate, with a pronounced wine aroma. Hua Diao Shaoxing wine, aged for many years, gives the best results.