Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 9. May 4 1981
Soy Sauce Chicken
Soy Sauce Chicken
Ingredients
1 chicken, 1½ cup dark soy sauce, 1½ cup water, ¼ cup dry sherry, 1 cup sugar, 3 star anise, 1t black peppercorn, 1t sesame oil.
Method
Place the soy sauce, water, sherry sugar, star anise, sesame oil, peppercorn in a large pan. Bring to the boil, stirring. Place the chicken in the pan, breast side down. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Turn the chicken over and continue cooking for about 20 minutes, turning and basting with the sauce occasionally. Then let the chicken cool in the sauce. Remove the chicken and cut into bitesize pieces. Serve on a big plate and pour some of the warmed sauce over the chicken. Garnish with some chopped spring onion or sprigs of parsley. The remaining sauce can be used for future cooking of chicken or pork and can be kept in the refrigerator.