Drunken Chicken

Drunken Chicken
Photo by Leigh Beisch

Ingredients

  • 1 bottle (750 ml.) or 3 cups Chinese rice wine (shaoshing) or dry sherry
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 tablespoons thinly slivered fresh ginger
  • ¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons thinly slivered fresh red or green jalapeño or Fresno chilies
  • 2 boned, skinned chicken breast halves (6 to 8 oz. each), rinsed
  • + 1 more ingredients
    • ¼ cup finely slivered green onions (including green tops)

1. In a deep 3- to 4-quart pan over high heat, uncovered, bring wine and 2 cups water to a boil. Add chicken and return to a boil. Remove from heat and cover tightly. Let stand until chicken is no longer pink in center of thickest part (cut to test), 15 to 18 minutes. Lift chicken from cooking li...

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Variations on Drunken Chicken

  • Drunken Chicken
    • 2 cups dry white wine
    • salt
    • 2 tablespoons marjoram or parsley
    • 1/4 cup dried apricots
    • 1 cup pearl barley
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 3 marjoram or parsley
    • +14 other ingredients
  • Drunken Chicken
    • 3/4 cup sugar
    • 16 teaspoons salt
    • 4 cups water
    • 1 750-ml bottle of Chinese rice wine or dry Sherry
    • 1 3 1/2-pound whole chicken
    • +1 other ingredients


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