Soy Chicken

Ingredients

• 3 to 3 ¹/₂ pound chicken
• 1 cup light soy sauce
• 1 cup dark soy sauce
• ¹/₂ cup Chinese rice wine
• ¹/₂ cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 3 whole star anise
• 1 teaspoon Szechuan peppercorn, roasted
• 1 thick slice fresh ginger, crushed
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 cups water

Cooking Instructions

1. Combine the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, rice wine or sherry, sugar, fennel seeds, star anise, roasted Szechuan peppercorn, ginger, cinnamon stick and the water.
2. Bring to a boil.
3. Add the chicken to the pot.
4. Simmer for an hour, be sure to turn the chicken over occassionally for even cooking.
5. Baste the chicken for a minute or more each time you turn it over.
6. Remove the chicken from the pot, cool and cut into bite-sized pieces.