Asian Style Pulled Chicken 手撕鸡

Ingredients:
·         2 pieces skinless chicken leg quarters (or breasts for healthier cooking)
·         1 small piece ginger (size of egg yolk), sliced
·         1 green onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
·         2 Tbsp. cooking wine
·         Water, enough to over the chicken in the pot
In a medium stock pot, add water, ginger, green onion and cooking wine, bring to boil. Add chicken; broil until chicken is fully cooked. Insert a chopstick in the thickest part of chicken and pull it out. If there is no blood come out, chicken is cooked.
Meanwhile, prepare a large bowl with cold water and ice cubes. After chicken is fully cooked, pull the hot chicken out of the stock pot and put into the icy cold water right away. After chicken is cooled completely, shred the meat by hand. Mix in the sauce as following:
Ingredients for the sauce:
·         1 Tbsp. of each: cooking oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sesame oil
·         1 Tbsp. grinded ginger
·         3 green onion, chopped to small pieces
·         4 cloves grinded garlic
·         1 tsp. of each: chilly red pepper, sugar, and salt
In a small saucepan, heat 1 Tbsp. cooking oil on medium heat, add garlic, ginger, onion and chilly pepper, stir and cook few minutes until turn soft. Add soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, sugar and salt, stir and simmer until boil and sugar melted. Pour over the prepared chicken.
Note: this pulled chicken is also taste yummy with salad, sandwich, noodles, rice, even tacos. You may sprinkle some sesame seeds for decoration.

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