Three cup chicken

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lbs chicken
• 1/4 cup shaoxing wine
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1.5 teaspoons sugar
• 1/8 cup dark soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1/8 cup water
• 6 cloves garlic (or more if you like)
• 1-2 inches of ginger (depending on preference)
• 4-5 stalks scallions
• thai basil (to taste)

Instructions:

1. Chop garlic, ginger, and scallions
2. Saute garlic, ginger and white part of scallions in half of the sesame oil on medium heat
3. Mix shaoxing wine, soy sauce, sugar, water and remaining sesame oil in bowl
4. Once garlic, ginger etc have been sauteeing for couple of minutes, add chicken and brown on high heat (3-4 minutes)
5. Add sauce mixture to chicken, and continue cooking on very high heat until the sauce has reduced and is thick and sticky (about 5 minutes), and chicken is cooked. For large pieces of chicken, it may help to cover the mixture first, to cook the chicken a little more before you start reducing the sauce. For small pieces of chicken, no need to cover the mixture at all.
6. Turn off heat and mix in green part of scallions and thai basil

To try next time: Might be interesting to try adding some red onion for texture.

Recipe is combination of:

• https://thewoksoflife.com/three-cup-chicken-san-bei-ji/
• https://stefangourmet.com/2018/05/21/three-cup-chicken-taiwanese-chicken-with-thai-basil/
• https://tinyurbankitchen.com/three-cup-chicken-san-bei-ji/