This is one of the popular Chinese dish… Soy Sauce Chicken aka Si Yau Kai. This recipe was shared by my aunt and it goes well with rice. The amount of soy sauce used in this recipe is quite a lot because it needed to cover the whole chicken with soy sauce and let it simmer till the chicken is tender and cook. But I used less soy sauce because I wouldn’t want to waste my expensive Kikkoman soy sauce. And also, instead of using a whole chicken, I only used half chicken. The kids and Dearie Suki finished up the chicken during dinner. I think the next round I must use a whole chicken for this recipe.

Ingredients :
Half kampung chicken, cleaned and pat dry
1/2 cup Kikkoman soy sauce
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 cup water
Few slices ginger
1 pc Star anise and cinnamon bark
Some chopped garlic
3 tbsp Chinese rice wine
2 tbsp sugar

Method:
1. Heat oil in pan. Saute chopped garlic, ginger. star anise and cinnamon bark till fragrant.
2. Add in water, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Chinese rice wine and sugar in the pan. Let it boil and add in the chicken.
3. Let is simmer under low fire till the chicken is cook, approximately 45 minutes.
4. Remove the chicken and chop into small pieces. Serve hot with white rice.