Three Cup Chicken

Rich, glossy, and intensely aromatic, this classic dish coats browned chicken in a savoury-sweet mix of soy sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil, then finishes with fragrant basil for a fresh, herbal lift—perfect served with rice. This is a traditional Taiwanese dish infused with aromatic basil and various condiments.

Ingredients

• 2 chicken thigh
  
• Basil
  
• Green onion (white stalk only)
  
• 3 cloves garlic
  
• 3 slices ginger
  
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  
• 2 tablespoons rice wine
  
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  
• 3 rock sugar
  
• Pinch of salt
  
• Pinch of white pepper
  

Steps

1. Start by chopping up the chicken thigh into chunks, marinate with salt and white pepper
   
2. In a heated pan, start by frying green onion stalk, ginger and garlic in sesame oil
   
3. Add in marinated chicken and continue to stir fry until browned
   
4. Add in soy sauce, rice wine, and rock sugar. Turn down the heat and let simmer for about 5 minutes
   
5. Finally, turn the heat off and add in basil. Continue to stir fry until the basil is softened
   
6. Lastly, serve with rice and enjoy.
   

Languages

Three Cup Chicken - Deutsch (German) version
Pollo en tres tazas - Español (Spanish) version
Poulet de trois tasses - Français (French) version
Ayam Tiga Cangkir - Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) version
Pollo da tre tazze - Italiana (Italian) version
スリーカップチキン - 日本語 (Japanese) version
쓰리컵 치킨 - 한국인 (Korean) version
ไก่สามถ้วย - แบบไทย (Thai) version
三杯鸡 - 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) version
三杯雞 - 香港繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese - Hong Kong) version