Ginger & Soy Roast Chicken Recipe
 Malaysian Recipes

Ingredients:

4 cm / 1 1/2 in
1
3 cloves
1.5 kg/ 3 1/2 lb
5 tbsp
3 tbsp
3 tbsp
2 1/2 tbsp


 

piece of fresh root ginger, coarsely chopped
onion, coarsely chopped
garlic, coarsely chopped
chicken
vegetable oil
dark soy sauce
rice vinegar
light brown sugar
 

Method:

1. Put ginger, onion and garlic in a blender. Mix to a paste, adding just enough water so the blender blades work.

2. Put chicken in a roasting tin (pan). Rub inside and outside of chicken with half of ginger mixture. Cover and leave for 1 hour. Put remaining ginger paste in a bowl and stir in oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar and 6 tbsp water.

3. Preheat oven to 180C / 350F/ Gas 4. Prop up tail end of chicken. Pour as much soy sauce mixture as possible into cavity of chicken. Roast chicken for 25 minutes, basting occasionally with remaining soy mixture. Pour remaining soy mixture around chicken and cook for a further 50 minutes, basting occasionally, until chicken juices run clear. Stir a little water into tin (pan) if sauce begins to dry out too much.

Serves 4.