Soya Sauce Chicken

By pixen

A simple, sweet and tangy Malay style of cooking Chicken in soya sauce with aromatic spices.

Ingredients

• Spices for frying:
• 5 pcs Chicken meat - clean and pat dry (about 300 g - 450 g)
• 3 nos Big Onions - sliced
• 2 cloves Garlic - sliced
• 10 ml Thick Soya Sauce
• 5 ml Sweet Soya Sauce (Ketjap Manis)
• 1 nos Large Red Tomato - quartered (or more if you like)
• Salt and Sugar to taste
• 2 pcs Cloves
• 1 pc Cinnamon stick (about 4 cm)
• Few pieces Cardamom (I used 4 nos)
• Oil for frying

Details

Servings 2

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a deep pan or wok, heat some oil, enough to fry the chicken meat in small batches. Cook the chicken pieces half-cooked. Remove and set aside.
2. Fry the big onion, garlic slices and the spices until fragrant.
3. Add in the ketjap manis (sweet soya sauce) and thick soya sauce. Let it boil for awhile in the pan.
4. Lastly add in the half fried chicken pieces and tomatoes. Mix the meat with spices well.
5. Season with salt and sugar.
6. Garnish with coriander leaves or spring onion and serve hot with favourite rice or as side dish.