Drunken Chicken [homemade]

Ingredients:

For the marinade:

– 5 tbsp sake
– 2 tbsp sugar
– 2 tbsp soy sauce
– 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
– 2 tbsp mirin
– 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
– 1 tbsp chinese black vinegar
– 7 cloves garlic (finely minced)
– 2 tbsp ginger paste
– 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
– 1/8 tsp five spice powder

Other ingredients:

– 4 bone-in chicken thighs
– chicken stock
– 2 quarts mushrooms (sliced). I use a combination of portabello and shiitake.
– sesame oil

Directions:

1. Mix marinade ingredients well and allow chicken to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 350F.
3. Saute mushrooms in sesame oil until golden brown. Set aside.
4. Place chicken thighs skin side down in an oven-safe pan (I use a cast iron) on stove top. Let the chicken and pan warm up to medium heat together. Set marinade aside.
5. When skin has browned (3-4 minutes), flip chicken and allow the underside to brown (1-2 minutes).
6. Add marinade to pan. Add chicken stock to pan until liquid covers 2/3 of the chicken, with only the skin sticking out on top.
7. Add mushrooms to liquid. Be careful not to cover chicken with them.
8. Carefully move the pan to the oven. Let it braise in the oven for 30-35 minutes, checking occasionally and spoon liquid over chicken.
9. Turn on the broiler to crisp up the skin again. Watch carefully, as it can burn. Should only take 1-2 minutes or even less.
10. Take pan out of oven and back to the stove top. Turn up heat and reduce liquid until sauce is thick.

Been trying to make this dish for months, but my chickens refuse to drink whatever alcohol I give them. How’d you get yours drunk?

Looks good

Sometimes (especially with food) the BEST things come from a drunken effort!

You are telling me that chicken was drunk and you fucking cooked him? Bad vibes g.

Put some of those mushrooms on the rice and serve me a plate please!

Que ricoo

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