Sesame Oil Chicken

Name: Sesame Oil Chicken
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Taiwanese
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces; 1/2 cup ginger, sliced; 2 cups rice wine; 1/3 cup sesame oil

麻油雞/ma yo ji/

Also known as: Ma You Ji

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

About this dish

Chicken simmered with ginger in a warming sesame oil and rice wine broth, a Taiwanese winter dish.

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Ingredients

🍗1 whole chicken, cut into pieces

🫚1/2 cup ginger, sliced

🍶2 cups rice wine

🌿1/3 cup sesame oil

Method

Serves 2

Fry the ginger slices in sesame oil until fragrant and slightly crisp.

Add the chicken pieces and sear until browned.

Pour in rice wine and enough water to nearly cover.

Simmer until the chicken is tender and the broth infused with sesame flavor.

Serve hot as a warming winter dish.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Sesame oil chicken is a traditional Taiwanese warming dish, commonly eaten in colder months or postpartum for its warming properties.

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