San Bei Ji 三杯鸡 (3-Cup Chicken)

Ingredients:

450g chicken pieces (deboned)
1 tsp cornflour
dash of pepper
1 small knob ginger, sliced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 shallots, sliced
1 scallion, sliced
1 cup Thai basil
2 tbsp sesame oil

Seasoning:

2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
1 tsp dark soy sauce
15g rock sugar (or to taste)

• Marinate chicken pieces with cornflour and pepper.
• Heat sesame oil in a frying pan; saute ginger, shallots, scallion and garlic until fragrant.
• Add in chicken pieces and stir fry for about 2 minutes.  Stir in seasoning and bring it to a boil.  
• Simmer until the chicken is cooked.  Add a little water if the gravy dries up.  
• Before dishing up, toss in basil.