chicken (about 1.05 kg)
dried lily flower, soaked & washed
grated ginger
grated garlic
grated shallot
red taro curd , mashed
granulated sugar
Chinese rose wine
light soy sauce
dark soy sauce
white vinegar
malt sugar
water
Method:
Gut chicken. Cut
off feet. Brush the inside and outside with
marinade ingredients. Marinade for 5 hours. Then
wipe away marinate ingredients.
Bring seasoning
for the skin to the boil over low heat. Pour
onto chicken body twice or thrice. Chicken neck
and head once. Hang it to a ventilated place to
dry for 5 hours.
Heat 1/2 wok of
oil until hot. Turn to mid-low heat. Hold
chicken in a slotted ladle. Pour oil on the
outer skin. Then the inside. Repeat until
chicken is cooked. Turn to high heat. Pour oil
on chicken for several times (to make it more
crispy).
Add suitable
amount of water and sugar to marinade
ingredients. Then put in a little sesame oil.
Bring to boil over low little sesame oil. Bring
to the boil over low heat. Strain and form red
taro curd sauce. Put aside a saucer of red taro
curd sauce as dipping sauce for chicken. Saute
lily flower with oil until fragrant. Add sugar
and the rest red taro curd sauce. Simmer lily
flower until tender. Transfer to the centre of
plate. Chop up the chicken. Arrange on plate.