This Braised Chicken Drumstick is perfect home recipe that is easy and delicious chicken dinner, this recipe is full of flavor and the chicken drumstick is tender, juicy, sweet and little spicy. It’s literally takes minutes to prepare and the result is incredibly impressive, the sticky soy glazed is perfect to pour on top of the hot steamed rice that you and your family will surely love!
This is a complete family dinner ideas when you’re extremely busy and don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen or when you’re craving some homey and comforting food and you can even toss everything in a pot and slow simmered it can be done under an hour with just a few ingredients from your pantry!
About the ingredients
- Chicken drumstick – I am using chicken drumsticks with skin on and bone in, this recipe works also good with chicken thigh as these two parts of the chicken actually become more tender the longer they cook and rich in flavor.
- Ginger – It gives invigorating aroma to the dish.
- Onion – adds flavor and texture to the sauce.
- Garlic – it gives a strong flavor and aroma to the food.
- Star anise – adds a depth flavor sweet licorice like – peppery flavor.
- Bay leaves – it gives an aromatic flavor in cooking.
- Light soy sauce – it is saltier and adds more flavor, If you can, use low-sodium soy sauce so as not to overwhelm the dish.
- Dark soy sauce – generally thicker, less salty and lightly sweeter than light soy sauce.
- Sugar – adds sweetness to the dish.
- Chili – adds extra kick to the sauce.
- Rice wine – As wine cooks, its flavor becomes concentrated, so it also lends savoriness or sweetness to a dish and can be substitute with rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar and in some cases, rice wine use as a key ingredient in certain Chinese dishes.
You and your family will surely enjoy with our other easy and delicious drumstick recipe Cheesy Potato Chicken and Drumstick Chicken Lollipop
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Braised Chicken Drumstick
Description
Perfect home recipe that is easy and delicious chicken dinner, this recipe is full of flavor and the chicken drumstick is tender, juicy, sweet and little spicy.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Heat oil to the pan, pat the chicken dry with paper towel. Add the chicken one at a time, sear the chicken on all sides.
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When all the chicken turns golden brown, add ginger and onion, pour the rice wine and saute.
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Add star anise, bay leaves, garlic, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce stir until all combine. Add water and cover the pan and let it cook until the sauce reduce.
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Add sugar and dried chili, stir and flip the chicken to ensure that both sides are simmer with the sauce.
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Cover and allow to simmer for another 15 minutes until the sauce thickens and the chicken is tender and golden.
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Serve and Enjoy! Serve Chicken over rice and spoon some sticky sauce on top of big bowl of rice.
