Braised Chicken Neck - Dim Sum Style

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Chef :

SpottedByD

Braised Chicken Neck - Dim Sum Style

Much like chicken feet, chicken neck is enjoyed in parts of Asia- Braised in a flavorful aromatic sauce then stir fried in it's drippings. It's great with beer or as a twice-cooked Adobo, or added to fried noodles, or enjoyed as is like dim sum chicken feet.

Ingredient

large bay leaves

3 Tbsp

soy sauce

1 Tbsp

oyster sauce

3 Tbsp

white vinegar

Half

a head of garlic, smashed and torn apart

cloves

A few

pepper corns

2 Tbsp

Cooking oil

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In a pot heat oil and sauté garlic pieces.

* Step 2

Rub chicken lightly with salt, all around (or skip this if cutting down on salt or if your soy sauce is super salty). I used frozen, so it's clumped together and I just rubbed salt around. Add to the pot.

* Step 3

In a controlled pour, pour chinese cooking wine over the chicken pieces. Cover and cook a couple minutes in medium heat.

* Step 4

Without stirring, add the soy sauce, oyster sauce and vinegar. Drop in the bay leaves, peppercorn and cloves. Sprinkle ground pepper all around. Do not stir yet- just cover and cook a few minutes to thaw.

* Step 5

Without stirring still, gently separate the frozen-now thawed chicken neck pieces, each to lay on the sauce. Cover and bring to a boil.

* Step 6

Once boiling it should look like the picture, swimming in juices, lower heat a bit and continue cooking.

* Step 7

When u can no longer smell the vinegar, and instead smell the aromatics, now u can stir with a spatula. Cover and continue cooking.

* Step 8

Stir every few minutes until the brown colored sauce has absorbed/evaporated like in the picture. It's now cooking in it's own oil.

* Step 9

Increase heat and stir fry in it's drippings until popping. Enjoy as is or use in another dish. :)

* Step 10

Options: -To make Twice-Cooked Adobo, shallow fry in another pan with oil. -Chop and add to a fried noodle dish with veggies. -Dip in batter and deep fry to a crunch.

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