Crispy Chicken with Auspicious Mandarin Orange & Ginger Scallion Sauce

Name: Crispy Chicken with Auspicious Mandarin Orange & Ginger Scallion Sauce
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese New Year
Ingredients: 1 Fresh Chicken; 2 Tbsp Mandarin Oranges; 2 Tbsp Spring Onion; Chives; 2 tsp Ginger; 2 tsp Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 Chilli Padi; 1 Lemon; 1 cup Cooking Oil; 1 tsp Sesame Oil; 1 tsp Soy Sauce; 1 dash White Pepper; 1/4 tsp Salt

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Level

difficult

Cooking

25 min

Preparation

60 min

Ingredients

Servings

Fresh Chicken	1
Mandarin Oranges diced	2 tbsp
Spring Onion finely chopped	2 tbsp
Chives finely chopped
Ginger grated	2 tsp
Onion diced	2 tsp
Garlic minced	2 cloves
Chilli Padi finely chopped	2
Lemon	1
Cooking Oil	1 cup
Sesame Oil	1 tsp
Soy Sauce	1 tsp
White Pepper	1 dash
Salt	¹⁄₄ tsp

How to cook

Prepare the chicken

Snip out the spine of the chicken and flatten it.
Place the chicken, skin side down in a large non-stick skillet that is heating up and press on the chicken lightly to ensure the skin gets as much contact area with the pan as it can.
Cover the chicken with a piece of aluminium foil.
Sear the chicken for about 15 mins, until the skin is very crispy.
Flip the chicken, allow it to cook at low heat for a few more minutes.

Prepare the sauce

Slice the spring onions thinly and grate the ginger.
Mince the garlic, finely dice the onion and chilies.
Cut the mandarins into small bite-sized cubes.
Place the sliced spring onions and ginger into a metal bowl.
Heat up the oil until just before smoking, pour the hot oil into the ginger and spring onion mixture. Let it cool down for about 5 minutes.
Stir in the diced red onion, minced garlic, chilies and diced mandarins.
Season with lemon zest, lemon juice (from about ¼ of lemon), soy sauce, sesame oil, salt and a bit of white pepper.