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Sticky Soy Sauce Chicken

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup soy sauce
  • 3 cups water more if you need to cover chicken
  • 2 to 2 1/2 pounds chicken wings or drumsticks
  • 1 2- inch piece ginger peeled and smashed
  • 3 cloves garlic smashed
  • 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 pieces star anise
  • 1 scallion chopped for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Marinate the chicken in just the 1 cup soy sauce overnight or for a few hours. Make sure the soy sauce touches every part of the chicken before you put it in the fridge to marinate (swish chicken around with your hands). There will not be enough soy sauce to submerge the chicken, but you wan to coat everything with some soy sauce and hence the swishing.
  • Dump the chicken and soy sauce mixture into a large pot. Add water till chicken is covered at least 3/4 of the way. Heat on medium high untill boiling (you can put a cap on the pot for faster heating, but make sure the pot does not boil over).
  • Add ginger, garlic, sugar, cinnamon, and star anise. Then reduce to gentle shimmer. Let chicken simmer until almost all the sauce is boiled off and only 1/4 inch of sauce is left. Toward the end of the boiling, you'll see foamy bubbles instead of boiling water.
  • Pick the chicken out of the leftover sauce and put on a plate. Garnish with chopped scallions.