Chinese Pot Roasted Chicken Recipes

ROAST CHICKEN RECIPE - CHINESE STYLE

Steps:

• Slaughter the chicken. Dress, eviscerate, and rinse. Pat dry and keep it vertical to drain off the water in the cavity. Let it stands for two hours.
• Carefully separate skin from breast meat by inserting the fingers or a small knife in between the skin and the breasts.
• Combine the salt, honey, light soy sauce and applied to the entire surface of the chicken.
• Apply the salt and Szechuan peppercorn mixture to the cavity of the chicken.
• Refrigerate the chicken in an upright position. Leave it uncovered for at least 12 hours or up to 24 hours until the surface is completely dry.
• Apply additional salt plus some baking powder to the surface. Hang the chicken upright and allow the chicken to drip dry for an hour.
• Truss the chicken.
• Place the chicken on an oven rack. Rub some oil on the surface. Roast in the preheated oven at 220 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.
• Hold the chicken carefully to drain off any juice on the skin and inside the cavity.
• Reduce the heat to 160 degrees Celsius for another one and a half hours.
• Cut the chicken into pieces and served with Szechuan peppercorn salt 椒盐.

MY MOM'S CHINESE POT ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Marinate chicken in 1/4 cup soy sauce for 15 minutes.
• Brown chicken slowly in oil.
• Then add vermouth simmer for 30 minutes or until tender.
• Remove chicken set aside.
• Add celery and onions to pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
• In a 1 cup measure take the soy sauce used to marinate chicken, add.
• 3/4 cup of water, add rest of ingredients and enough water to measure 1 cup. Stir to mix. Cook until thickened.
• Put chicken back into pan and stir to cover.
• Enjoy.

POT-ROAST CHICKEN WITH STOCK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 5. Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole dish and brown the chicken well on all sides, then sit it breast-side up. Pack in the onions, thyme, garlic and peppercorns, pour over the wine and stock, and bring to the boil. Pop on the lid and transfer to the oven for 2 hrs.
• Remove and rest for 20 mins. Carefully lift the chicken onto a chopping board and carve as much as you need. Serve the carved chicken in a shallow bowl with the onions and some of the stock poured over. Serve with some usual Sunday veg and roast potatoes.
• Strain the leftover stock into a bowl and strip the carcass of all the chicken. Chill both for up to three days or freeze for up to a month to use for other recipes like our one-pot chicken noodle soup.

INSTANT POT® ROASTED WHOLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Rub chicken on all sides with salt, pepper, garlic powder, rosemary, and parsley.
• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Heat olive oil and add chicken, breast-side down. Cook until skin is browned, about 5 minutes. Use tongs to flip chicken and brown on the other side for another 5 minutes. Carefully remove chicken from the pot and set aside. Pour in chicken stock and deglaze the pan, scraping off all the browned bits.
• Place the rack insert into the pot and return chicken to the pot, breast-side up. Close and lock the lid.
• Select Poultry setting and set timer for 28 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Carefully remove chicken to a carving board to rest.
• Turn on Saute function and whisk cornstarch into the pot with the stock and drippings to make a gravy.