Three Cup Chicken (San Bei Ji)
Three Cup Chicken, or San Bei Ji is a popular Taiwanese/Chinese dish. The name refers to the recipe used to make it including a cup each of the three ingredients that create the sauce: rice wine, soy sauce, and sesame oil.
Ingredients
· 1 tablespoon (15 ml) sesame oil
· 2 tablespoons (30 ml) vegetable oil
· 1 inch piece of ginger, sliced into rounds
· 5 cloves garlic, sliced
· 1 dried red chili, halved
· 1 kg (2 ¼ lbs) chicken wings, cut at the joint where the drumette and the wingette meet, wing tips discarded (you can also just use pre-cut chicken drumettes and wingettes)
· ¼ cup (60 ml) warm water
· ¼ cup (60 ml) shaoxing wine
· 2-5 teaspoons (10-25 ml) dark soy sauce
· 1½ tablespoons (22 ml) light soy sauce
· 2 teaspoons (8g) sugar
· Small bunch of Thai basil leaves or 2 scallions, cut into 2-inch lengths (or both!)
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