Soy Sauce Chicken

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken (about 1.2kg), clean and pat dry

1 1/2  - 2 cups light soy sauce

2 tbsp dark soy sauce (optional)

1 cup water

1/2 cup Mirin (Japanese sweet cooking wine)

1/4 cup Shao Hsing wine

15g rock sugar

1 star anise

1/2 cinnamon stick

dash of pepper

2 cloves garlic (smashed)

2 slices ginger

• Combine all the ingredients in a large pot.  Bring to the boil.  
• Add the chicken and bring to the boil again.  Reduce heat.  Cover with a lid and let simmer for 45 minutes (or until the juices run clear when the thickest part of a thigh is pierced with a skewer or chopstick), turning over once or twice.  Baste the chicken with the sauce for a minute or more each time you turn it over.
• Remove chicken from the pot.  Strain the cooking liquid (soy sauce mix).
• Once the chicken is cool, cut into bite-sized pieces.  
• Serve chicken with the sauce.

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