【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken

【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken

Overview

The New Year we welcome is the Year of the Rooster. You can cook your own New Year's Eve dinner at home, and cooking roast chicken is also a good idea. Cooking roast chicken at home is cleaner and more hygienic than buying it from outside, and you can eat it with more confidence. Home-cooked and tastes great.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Carefully remove the fluff on the surface of the chicken, rinse it, blanch it in a pot of boiling water until foam appears on the surface, take it out, and use kitchen paper to absorb the moisture on the surface

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 1
  2. Get the honey and brush ready

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 2
  3. Carefully brush a layer of honey on the skin of the chicken, then dry the surface

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 3
  4. Slice the onion and ginger, rinse the star anise, peppercorns, fennel, bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, dried hawthorn and nutmeg and put them into a cloth bag to make a bag

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 4
  5. Pour peanut oil into the pot and when it is 50% hot, add the chicken and fry until the skin is golden brown

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 5
  6. Remove and drain

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 6
  7. In another pot, add a little oil, pour in the white sugar and stir-fry quickly until it melts and the sugar color comes out

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 7
  8. Pour into a pot of water and bring to a boil

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 8
  9. Put the chicken in, add the green onions and ginger, add the ingredients bag, pour in the soy sauce, cooking wine and salt

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 9
  10. Bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, then reduce to low heat and simmer for three to four hours

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 10
  11. Finished product pictures

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 11
  12. Finished product pictures

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 12
  13. Finished product pictures

    【Shandong】Good luck in the Year of the Rooster – Roast Chicken step 13