Soy Braised Ginger Chicken

This is a traditional Korean dish cooked in a single pot.  It is most delicious served with piping hot fresh rice and the aromas as it is cooking will certainly whet your appetite.

Step 1: Ingredients

3 lbs of bone in, skin off chicken (bone in, skinless thighs are perfect)

1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup sake
1/4 cup sesame oil
2 tablespoons garlic
2 inches of ginger root, peeled, and sliced about 1/4 inch thick (this will be used to flavor the braising liquid so chopping it to death is not necessary)
1 tablespoon crushed sesame seed
Pepper to taste

2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 inch chunks
1 carrot, cut into 1 inch chunks
1 onion cut into 2 inch chunks

Comments

[ladyxan]

Is there an alternative to the saki? Is it necessary? Thanks in advance

[sherrycayheyhey]

Just made this and had it for dinner, SO DELICIOUS! Thanks for sharing this, it's one of my new favorites now.

[shantinath1000]

I have made this several times so far- I have used chicken, beef, and pork. I want to try this with chicken thighs in a pressure cooker- any thoughts on using a pressure cooker?

[barefootbohemian]

Congrats ! Needed a chicken recipe that wouldn't be a big hassle and could cook while I demo my master bath out, and looks like your recipe is the winner for that too! I'll let you know how it comes out :) I am going to convert it to a crock pot since I don't think I'll have time to watch it very closely.

[barefootbohemian]

It worked great and was delicious! And for shantinath1000, the sirachi was great on it, so i bet the red chile paste would be yummy!

[MaryT8M]

I can't wait to try this! Congrats on the win!!

[shantinath1000]

This looks really good. How do you think it would work if it some dried red chilies added? Or do you think a chili paste or chili oil would work better? This would also work great with something like pork shoulder- of course you would have to cook it a bit longer. I think I will try to make this tonight- unless of course, I can convince my wife to go out to eat.!

[weekofmenus]

You can put some dried chilis in it if you like heat - or even some fresh jalapenos or serrano chilis if you like spice.

[shantinath1000]

Yeah- I have made this twice now (with red chili flakes)- once with chicken thighs and drumsticks and once with boneless beef short ribs. Some additions I made were to throw in some green onion and some dried mushrooms. It was REALLY good. Congratulations on the win.

[canucksgirl]

Looks great, and Congratulations on winning the One Pot Challenge!

I see that you need 1/4 cup of sesame oil. Is there an alternative? The last bottle of sesame oil I bought didn't smell that great (although I've never used sesame oil before, so I'm not sure if it was still good, or is suppose to smell that way, so I tossed it out). Can you recommend something, or guide me on buying a good bottle of sesame oil (and what it should smell like)?

[weekofmenus]

you can leave out sesame oil - and the one you are looking for is a good quality rich TOASTED sesame oil. Kadoya, which is a Japanese brand, is a very good one and readily available everywhere. It will be dark amber in color and have a wonderful nutty flavor. It does go rancid if you're not careful (as all oils can) so just buy one small bottle so that you can use it up.

[weekofmenus]

And thanks for letting me know that I won! I didn't receive an email notification, and I didn't think it had been announced.

[canucksgirl]

You're welcome. I'm happy to be the messenger of good news. ;)

Thank you for your advice. Perhaps the bottle I had purchased went bad at the store. (The smell was more pungent and foul, then nutty).

Congrats again, and thanks for replying to my question.

[kamachine]

I cooked this for supper last night, Awesome!

[weekofmenus]

Thanks for trying it!!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

That looks so delicious! Awesome recipe!