Chicken Recipes

Slow Cooker Crispy Chinese Shredded Chicken

Name: Slow Cooker Crispy Chinese Shredded Chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 5 min
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 3 - 4 lb / 1.5 - 2 kg whole chicken (, skin on); 2 1/2 cups Chinese cooking wine (or sherry) (see notes); 3/4 cup brown sugar (or substitute with white sugar); 1/4 cup black vinegar (or substitute with malt vinegar, or white vinegar. Don't use balsamic); 1 1/4 cups light soy sauce (or substitute with 3/4 cup ordinary soy sauce + 1/2 cup water + 1 tsp salt); 3 tbsp coarsely chopped ginger (no need to peel); 4 garlic cloves (, crushed (not minced - see notes); 3 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable, peanut or canola)

10 servings

portions

5 minutes

temps actif

8 hours 5 minutes

temps total

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Ingrédients

3 - 4 lb / 1.5 - 2 kg whole chicken (, skin on)

2 1/2 cups Chinese cooking wine (or sherry) (see notes)

3/4 cup brown sugar (or substitute with white sugar)

1/4 cup black vinegar (or substitute with malt vinegar, or white vinegar. Don't use balsamic)

1 1/4 cups light soy sauce (or substitute with 3/4 cup ordinary soy sauce + 1/2 cup water + 1 tsp salt)

3 tbsp coarsely chopped ginger (no need to peel)

4 garlic cloves (, crushed (not minced - see notes)

3 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable, peanut or canola)

Instructions

Slow Cooker

Place all ingredients except the oil in slow cooker.

Slow cook on low for 8 hours.

Stove Top

Place all ingredients except the oil in a pot in which the chicken fits quite snugly but not tightly (you don't want the sides of the chicken pressed up tightly against the wall of the pot).

Put lid on and bring to boil over high heat. Turn heat down to low and let it simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until the meat is very tender and falling off the bone.

Shredding and Crisping

Remove chicken from braising liquid.

Shred with your hands or two forks, including the skin. The meat should fall off very easily.

Heat 1 tbsp of oil over high heat in a large heavy based fry pan.

Add chicken (enough to cover the pan without crowding it) and drizzle over braising liquid.

Cook until the underside is browned and crispy (about 1 1/2 minutes), then remove from the pan. Don't flip the chicken (see notes).

Repeat with remaining chicken (it takes me 3 batches).

Serve with rice, on rice stick noodles or on a salad with the remaining braising liquid on the side. It is also great in fried rice.

To Store

This freezes really well, before or after browning the chicken. Just divide into freezer bags, label then freeze. If you froze it before browning the chicken, then brown it after thawing.

Nutrition

Taille de Portion

286 g

Calories

440 kcal

Lipides Totaux

10.3 g

Lipides Saturés

2.5 g

Lipides Insaturés

Acides Gras Trans

Cholestérol

154 mg

Sodium

1927 mg

Glucides Totaux

15 g

Fibres Diététiques

Sucres Totaux

11.2 g

Protéines

60.2 g