Healing Ginger Chicken

This dish is an old Chinese tradition and is meant to have healing properties. Hence the name. Whether it works or not, I leave for you to decide, but it certainly is a very comforting dish to eat when you are feeling a little poorly. The remaining chicken broth is also wonderful to drink or made into soup.

Ingredients:

1 small Free Range Chicken 

1 inch of fresh Ginger, sliced

1 Bayleaf

1 large pinch of Sea Salt

Some of your finest Water

Sesame Oil

Place the Chicken with the Ginger, Salt and Bay Leaf into a large enough Pan to hold it comfortably.

Cover with Water and bring to a simmer.

Simmer for about 20 minutes, skimming any foam off that comes to the top.

Now cover with a lid and turn off the heat. Leave the Chicken to sit in the hot broth for another hour.

This method will leave the Chicken very succulent and tender.

To make the Dipping Sauce, combine 

1 tsp fresh grated Ginger,  

the green part of 5 Spring Onions with 

1 tbs of the Chicken Broth  

and a sprinkle of Sea Salt

Heat 3 tbs Groundnut Oil to shimmering hot (not smoking) and pour this carefully over the mixture, which will make it sizzle and that is a good thing.

To serve, rub the Chicken all over with the Sesame Oil. 

Here comes the tricky part.

Using a heavy Meat Cleaver take the legs off the chicken and cut off the crown, then with sharp decisive movements chop these into thick slices.

Hold the chicken with a Meat fork or something other than your hand, while doing this ;-)

Arrange on a serving Plate and eat with the dipping sauce and maybe with some Rice (cooked in chicken broth).

Enjoy!