Soy Sauce Chicken, Slow Cooker

also called see yao gai · si yau gai · 豉油雞 · soya chicken · soy sauce chicken · lou sui gai · slow cooker soy sauce chicken · crockpot poached chicken

Also written for the plain way (3 to wash).

The table

Nothing is browned and nothing may be: the colour comes from dark soy. The stock goes into the crock hot
5 cups(1.2 L)watersimmer the lou sui 20 min on the stovepoach on low, 4 hrrest 20 min, brush with sesame oil, chop
1 1/2 cups(360 mL)light soy sauce
1/2 cup(120 mL)dark soy sauce
1/2 cup(120 mL)Shaoxing wine
4 oz(115 g)rock sugar
3 podsstar anise
1 stickcassia bark
1 piecedried tangerine peel
6 slices(coin-sized)fresh ginger
3(knotted)scallions
3 1/2 lb(1.6 kg; rinsed and dried)whole chicken
2 tsptoasted sesame oil
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What to lay out

Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.15 things to get out.

Pans and tools

Before anything else

2simmer the lou sui 20 min on the stove

3poach on low, 4 hr

goes in with what step 2 made

4rest 20 min, brush with sesame oil, chop

goes in with what step 3 made

Cooking it

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The clock

Start to finish
4 hr 40 min
Needs you
none of itthe rest you can walk away from
If you get it wrong
Unforgiving — the breast goes dry and stringy in the same pot that made the thighs perfect, and there is no reversing it
What you'll wash
Four things — the slow cooker crock, the saucepan, a sieve to strain the lou sui, a jar to keep it in
Does it keep
3 days — meant to be eaten cool, so it loses little; keep the master sauce in a jar of its own

  1. simmer the lou sui 20 min on the stove

    20 minwalk awayfrom the start

  2. poach on low, 4 hr

    4 hrwalk away20 min in

  3. rest 20 min, brush with sesame oil, chop

    20 minwalk away4 hr 20 min in

You'll need saucepan · slow cooker

See how it is written
>> title: Soy Sauce Chicken, Slow Cooker
>> category: Stews & Braises
>> tags: chicken, chinese, soy sauce, poached, whole bird, slow cooker, crock pot
>> counters: The Slow Cooker
>> dish: soy-sauce-chicken
>> kit: Slow Cooker
>> aka: see yao gai, si yau gai, 豉油雞, soya chicken, soy sauce chicken, lou sui gai, slow cooker soy sauce chicken, crockpot poached chicken
>> servings: 4
>> time: 4 hr 40 min
>> slack: unforgiving — the breast goes dry and stringy in the same pot that made the thighs perfect, and there is no reversing it
>> washing-up: the slow cooker crock, the saucepan, a sieve to strain the lou sui, a jar to keep it in
>> keeps: 3 days — meant to be eaten cool, so it loses little; keep the master sauce in a jar of its own

Nothing is browned and nothing may be: the colour comes from dark soy. The stock goes into the crock hot.

>> step: simmer the lou sui 20 min on the stove
Simmer @water{5%cups}(1.2 L) with @light soy sauce{1 1/2%cups}(360 mL), @dark soy sauce{1/2%cup}(120 mL), @Shaoxing wine{1/2%cup}(120 mL), @rock sugar{4%oz}(115 g), @star anise{3%pods}, @cassia bark{1%stick}, @dried tangerine peel{1%piece}, @fresh ginger{6%slices}(coin-sized), @scallions{3}(knotted) in a #saucepan{} for ~simmer{20%min}, until the sugar has gone and the spices have opened.

>> step: poach on low, 4 hr
Slow cook @whole chicken{3 1/2%lb}(1.6 kg; rinsed and dried) breast-down in @&(~1)master stock{}, poured over it hot in a #slow cooker{}, on low for ~slow cook{4%hr}, the bird submerged to the shoulders and the lid on.

>> step: rest 20 min, brush with sesame oil, chop
Rest @&(~1)chicken{} in the pot off ~rest{20%min}, lift it out, brush with @toasted sesame oil{2%tsp} and chop through the bone. Keep the strained lou sui: chilled, fat off, boiled up weekly.