How to Cook Three Cup Chicken

Last Updated: December 2, 2022

Three-cup chicken is a famous cuisine in Taiwan, its name represents the recipe for cooking it. The three cups are rice wine, soy sauce, and sesame oil respectively. This dish is a symbol of the Taiwanese food culture, so don’t hesitate to give it a try with the following steps!

Ingredients

Chicken leg
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 spoon of sesame oil
1 spoon of sugar
Basil
5 pieces of garlic
6 pieces of ginger

Steps

1
Cut the chicken leg into 6-8 pieces. Roughly chop up the chicken leg.
2
Peel the garlic and slice the ginger.

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3
Pour the oil into the wok when the temperature is high enough.
4
Put the chicken legs into the wok, fry it until the peel turns golden, and then dish it up for later use.
5
Add the sesame oil, ginger, and garlic into the same wok, then fry them until the smell gets strong.
6
Put the chicken legs back and add some sugar, then let the sugar melt into the chicken legs.
7
Add soy sauce to adjust the color of the dish, and then turn the heat lower in this step.
8
Finally, put the basil into the wok and slightly stir it until the basil is fully cooked.
9
Finish! Enjoy your three-cup chicken!