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Three Cup Chicken
Photo: Lily Banse

Three Cup Chicken

9 ingredients 12 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

584
Calories
36g
Protein
18g
Fat
61g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • Chicken (breast)
  • Fresh Basil Leaves
  • Ginger
  • 6 gloves of Garlic
  • 1/4 Cup of Rice Wine/Rice Vinegar
  • 1/4 Cup of Soy Sauce
  • 1/4 Cup of Sesame Oil
  • Two tablespoon Sugar
  • A wok if you have one, or else just use frying pan.

Directions

1

Cut chicken breast into bite size.

2

Pick the basil leaves off the stem

3

Cut Ginger root into roughly 12 slice, with each around 1/6 inch thick.

4

Heat the wok.

5

Add sesame oil and ginger and stir. Wait until ginger slices absorb most of the oil

6

Add garlic and stir a short while.

7

Add chicken, rice wine and soy sauce. Stir until chicken is cooked.

8

Turn heat to low and cover the wok, reopen to stir occasionally to prevent chicken sticking to the wok. Wait until the wok is almost dry. It takes roughly 20 minutes.

9

Add basil and stir a quick moment. 5-10 seconds will do.

10

Ready to serve

11

This serves 2 people, so adjust the measurements as you see fit.

12

Category:Bird-ish dinner recipes - Fowl Goodjers

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