【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken

【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken

Overview

The New Year's Eve dinner, also known as the New Year's Eve dinner, is a meal on the Lunar New Year's Eve (the last day of each year). New Year's Eve is an extremely important day for the Chinese. On this day, people prepare to get rid of the old and welcome the new, and have a reunion dinner. In the past, traditional methods such as pan-frying, deep-frying, steaming, and stir-frying were used for New Year’s Eve dinner. Now that ovens are in the kitchen, many oven-baked dishes have also appeared on the New Year’s Eve dinner table. 2017 is the Year of the Rooster, so how can we miss out on the main character of the chicken? No, the Spring Festival is coming soon. Make a dish in advance - crispy roasted chicken and preheat the New Year's Eve dinner!

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Steps

  1. Put the marinating seasonings: 30 grams of light soy sauce, 20 grams of oyster sauce, 18 grams of tomato paste, 18 grams of fine sugar, 15 grams of rice wine, 5 grams of ginger powder, and 10 grams of minced garlic into a bowl, stir evenly, and set aside;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 1
  2. Cut the chicken belly in half, rinse it clean, and dry the surface moisture with kitchen paper;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 2
  3. Put the whole chicken into a plastic bag to prevent it from getting everywhere;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 3
  4. Pour the previously mixed marinade into the chicken belly;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 4
  5. Squeeze out the air in the bag with your hands as much as possible, tie the plastic bag tightly, put on another plastic bag, fully grasp the marinade and chicken with your hands, and marinate in the refrigerator for more than 3 hours;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 5
  6. Place tin foil on the bottom of the baking pan, then place a baking rack and set aside;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 6
  7. Flatten the chicken as much as possible and dry the marinade on the surface of the chicken with kitchen paper;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 7
  8. Use the cold air function of the hair dryer to slowly dry the chicken skin;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 8
  9. After the chicken skin is dried, brush it with a layer of butter;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 9
  10. Sprinkle with cracked black pepper and preheat the oven to 180 degrees for 10 minutes;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 10
  11. Put the marinated chicken into the preheated oven and bake the middle and lower layers at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes;

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 11
  12. After 30 minutes, sprinkle some rosemary, increase the oven temperature to 200 degrees and bake the lower skin color, and bake the middle and lower layers for 10 minutes.

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 12
  13. Before eating, you still need to check whether the chicken is completely cooked. You can tell by looking at the drumsticks!

    【Zhejiang】Crispy Roast Chicken step 13