Recipe: Nice Asian Spiced Sesame Soy Chicken (sans the xiao xing)

Asian Spiced Sesame Soy Chicken (sans the xiao xing).

At the present, you can boil Asian Spiced Sesame Soy Chicken (sans the xiao xing) using 29 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Asian Spiced Sesame Soy Chicken (sans the xiao xing)

1. You need of Good for 3 chicken quarters (thigh with leg).
2. You need of Brine.
3. Prepare of Water, enough to submerge chicken.
4. You need 6-7 tablespoon of heaps of salt.
5. You need of Chicken Rub.
6. You need of Salt.
7. Prepare of Pepper.
8. You need Dash of cinnamon.
9. It's of Sauce to cook it in.
10. You need 4 Tbsp of Oyster Sauce.
11. You need 1 Tbsp of regular Soy Sauce.
12. You need 1 Tbsp of Soy Liquid Seasoning (I use Knorr).
13. It's 1 Tbsp of Red Wine Vinegar.
14. Prepare 1 Tbsp of Sesame Oil.
15. It's 2-3 of big pinches of brown sugar.
16. Prepare 10 Tbsp of water.
17. You need 2 clove of (spice) pieces.
18. Prepare 4 cloves of garlic, crushed.
19. It's 2 of small-medium onions, sliced.
20. You need 1 of dried bay leaf or laurel leaf.
21. It's 1 of green chili sliced in middle.
22. Prepare of To Brown.
23. Prepare 2-3 T of Cooking oil.
24. It's of Few drops Sesame oil.
25. Prepare of Garnish / Side (optional).
26. You need 3-4 bunches of Pechay.
27. It's of Sprinkle of All Purpose Seasoning powder.
28. Prepare Dash of Salt.
29. It's Dash of Sesame Oil.

Asian Spiced Sesame Soy Chicken (sans the xiao xing) instructions

1. BRINE: Take out frozen chicken and soak it in water. Just enough water to keep all pieces submerged. Sprinkle salt all over on top of the chicken and around it. Set aside until thawed..
2. RUB: Check chicken if completely thawed and now soft. Discard brine. Rub chicken with pepper and salt on all sides. Sprinkle a dash of cinnamon on the skin side, set aside..
3. SAUCE TO COOK IN: Prepare pot, combine Sauce ingredients and bring to a boil. Add chicken with skin side up. Cover and bring to a boil again then lower heat, cooking for 20 minutes. Then flip all pieces to the other side and simmer another 20 minutes..
4. PECHAY: with 10 minutes left on the clock, you can add the washed pechay on top of the chicken to steam, cover and continue cookingthe chicken..
5. PECHAY : Turn off heat and transfer pechay on a heated non stick pan (while leaving the chicken in the pot, covered) and add a few drops of sesame oil all around, season with all purpose seasoning powder and dash of salt. Cover a couple minutes then transfer and arrange on a plate..
6. Set aside the remaining chicken sauce/drippings in the pot..
7. BROWNING: On the same non stick pan, with residue of sesame oil, add some cooking oil (just a couple tablespoons to lightly fry/brown) then fish out the chicken from the pot and skin side down, lightly caramelize it. Flip to the other side if you want both sides browned. Remember, don't over cook to keep the meat juicy..
8. Plate the chicken, caramelized side up. Serve with the sauce/drippings on the side, if desired..