Drunken Chicken

Ingredient

1 kg chicken, cut into halves and cleaned
6 thinly slices ginger
3 stalks spring onion
2 cups chicken stock
2 cups Shao Hsing Hua Tiao wine
2 T salt

Garnishing
2 stalks cilantro (use leaves only)

Method
Put chicken, ginger and spring onion in a deep pot. Add hot water to cover the whole chicken.
Bring it to a boil for 20-25 minutes.

Fill a basin with cold water and add 1 T of salt. Transfer the chicken straight from the boiling stock to the basin of cold water. Leave the chicken in the basin until it turns cold.

Remove ginger and spring onion from the chicken stock. Add remaining salt and wine, stir, leave aside to cool.

Put the chicken into the wine stock. Leave chicken to soak for at least 7-8 hours.

Drain chicken until completely dry in a colander then cut it into bite-sized pieces.

Serve with garnishing.