Even when it's not confinement, this is a dish I love having (usually with rice as part of a meal). Recently, I have been having it with mee sua, a very thin variety of salted noodles made from wheat flour. Mee sua is also known as a traditional birthday food in many culture as it signifies long life. Once the ginger wine chicken is ready, just add in the mee suah to the soup ... A delicious, tummy-warming one-pot meal!
Ginger wine chicken mee suah 姜酒鸡面线
Recipe by Baby Sumo
Preparation time: 5-10 minutes
Cooking time: 12-15 minutes
Serves 1
Ingredients
300ml water
1/4 cup ginger wine
1/4 tsp chicken stock granules
100-150g chicken breast, cut into chunks
1 inch old ginger, skin removed and julienned
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 mee suah
2 spring onions, cut into 1 inch lengths
To serve
Soy sauce
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 cili padi, chopped
1. In a large wok, heat sesame oil over high heat. Add garlic and ginger and cook for 2 minutes, until fragrant.
2. Add the chicken and cook for 2 minutes, and the chicken has browned slightly. Add water and cook with cover on for 3 minutes.
3. Then, pour in the ginger wine, season with the chicken stock granules and place the cover back on and cook for a further 5 minutes (or more depending on how big your chicken chunks are).
4. Add mee suah and cook for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, until noodles are cooked to your liking.
5. Add the spring onions and cook for 30 seconds. Serve.
Note: If you like stronger ginger tasting broth, use 1/3 cup of ginger wine.
Note 2: As mee sua is quite salty in nature, lightly season the soup in Step 3, and add more after Step 4 (if necessary).
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Note: If you like stronger ginger tasting broth, use 1/3 cup of ginger wine.
Note 2: As mee sua is quite salty in nature, lightly season the soup in Step 3, and add more after Step 4 (if necessary).
For those asking what brand of ginger wine I use: been using this Eu Yan Sang brand for over 10 years.
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This is the Kl version - I did not like it, the wine is sweet, right? Come on over and try our traditioanl Foochow red wine version. Different from Sitiawan's - very much nicer, of course!
ReplyDeleteI think you mean Chinese rice wine (which is quite sweet). Ginger wine is more aromatic than sweet. :)
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