Chicken With Green Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 spring onions, sliced finely
• 20 g fresh ginger, chopped finely
• 2 kg free-range chicken
• 4 spring onions, chopped finely
• 5 g fresh ginger, chopped finely
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1/4 cup light vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon chinese wine
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Recipe

• 1 fill large stockpot with water; add onion and ginger; bring to the boil.
• 2 place chicken, breast side down, into the water. return to the boil and skim surface. reduce heat; cover tightly, simmer for 10 minutes. turn off heat, do not lift the lid. stand, covered, for 45 minutes.
• 3 remove the chicken from the stockpot (remembering to drain the water from the cavity!). transfer chicken to a plate; refrigerate.
• 4 carve chicken carefully, across the grain. i removed the skin at this point.
• 5 seared green onion sauce: combine onion, ginger and garlic in a heatproof bowl. heat vegetable oil until smoking hot; pour over onion mixture. stir then add soy, wine and sesame oil.
• 6 7. arrange chicken on plate, spoon over the sauce. garnish with chunks of honeydew melon or cucumber.
• 7 *****i have made this again since posting and i simmered the stock for 40 minutes before poaching the chicken. i added a bunch of spring onions, a handful more of ginger and about 6 cloves of garlic to the stock.