Braised Soy Sauce Chicken Whole Leg

Quite long time no cook this dish, but still as tasty and delicious... haha.... normally recipe for braise soy sauce chicken or pork will put five spice powder, cloves, cinnamon, etc... but because my family are not fancy of that smell so I just used the simple and basic ingredients to cook it.  The recipe below is only for guideline. You may adjust accordingly to your own liking. Ingredients:-

4 pcs chicken whole leg

6 sliced ginger

6 cloved garlic (smashed and slightly chopped)

6 fresh chillies (deseed)

 

Seasoning:-

3 tablespoon dark soy sauce

2 tablespoon light soy sauce

3 tablespoon brown sugar or 1 small rock sugar (I used brown sugar)

Water

Corn starch

 

Marinate:-

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

1 tablespoon dark soy sauce

 

Directions:-

1. Marinated the chicken for at least 30 min or more.
2. Heat oil and stir fried the ginger, garlic and fresh chillies till fragrant.
3. Browned both side of the chicken.
4. Add in dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, brown/rock sugar and water (water must be cover the chicken)
5. Let it simmer over low heat for about 10 to 20 min or till cooked.
6. Take out the chicken and thicken the sauce with corn starch.
7. Coated the chicken with the thicken sauce and ready to serve.

Tips:-

1. During simmering, taste the gravy flavour, add dark soy sauce/light soy sauce or brown/rock sugar accordingly to your liking.
2. Do not over heat and dried up the gravy, do checking during simmering.