Fantastic Fakeaway Oyster Chicken

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Ingredients (For One)

  • Two Chicken Thighs (Or Chicken Thigh Fillets)
  • Two Garlic Cloves, Finely Chopped
  • Shallot, Finely Chopped
  • 1/4tsp Black Pepper
  • Salt, Pinch
  • 20g Sugar
  • 3tbsp Oyster Sauce
  • 100ml Water
  • Broccoli Florets
  • Red Chilli, Deseeded And Sliced
  • Rice, Cooked Per Packet Instructions

Method

  1. Place your chicken into a wok on a medium high heat and allow to cook for just over five minutes on one side, turning for five minutes on the other and a couple more on the original side before removing from the heat (it doesn’t need to be fully cooked at this stage)
  2. Put the garlic and a shallot into the pan and allow to start cooking before adding the black pepper, salt, sugar and oyster sauce
  3. Add the water slowly, giving a good stir as you do so so everything comes together, and increase the heat to a medium-high
  4. Return the chicken to the pan
  5. Cook for 10 minutes before adding the broccoli and placing a lid on for another 15 minutes, reducing the heat to a medium, to let that sauce continue to thicken up and the chicken finish cooking
  6. Serve with rice and top with fresh red chilli

Eating And Storage Tips

Not wanting your broccoli coated in the sauce as well? No worries. Just cook it with the rice instead! Not a big fan of broccoli? You could use a stir fry mix for this, thickly slice some mushrooms or do something like baby corn instead.

This is a great meal to make more of for leftovers the following day. It makes it feel even more like a fakeaway/takeaway treat if you have leftovers after all! If you plan on reheating it then just add a little splash of water in before as this will help keeping that sauce a bit liquidy without it reducing down to a sugar goop. Adding the water will also assist in keeping that chicken a little moist during the reheating too.

I think the red chilli sprinkled at the end works fantastically but you can completely bypass this step if heat isn’t your thing or you can put it in at the garlic and shallot stage as well to infuse the dish with a bit more of a kick throughout too.

@danniilowe

This is a super simple dish but it feels like you’re making yourself a fakeaway of an oyster chicken dish. – Place your chicken thighs or thigh fillets into a wok on a medium high heat and allow to cook for just over five minutes on one side, turning for five minutes on the other and a couple more on the original side before removing from the heat – Put two finely chopped cloves of garlic and a shallot into the pan and allow to start cooking before adding 1/4 tsp black pepper, a pinch of salt salt and 20g sugar as well as 3tbsp oyster sauce – Add a little of the 100ml water at a time before giving a good stir so everything comes together and increase the heat – Return the chicken to the pan and add some broccoli florets as well – Cook for 10 minutes without the lid before placing the lid on for the final 15 minutes, reducing the heat to a medium, to let that sauce continue to thicken up and the chicken finish cooking – Serve with rice and top with fresh red chilli #food #cooking #cookingvideo #cookwithme #cookingwithme #simplerecipe #quickrecipe #quickfood #comfortfood #cookingathome #fypfood #foodiesoftiktok #homecook #homecooking #simplefood #foodiesofinstagram #mealswithme #recipesoftiktok #recipe #easyrecipe #quickrecipes #foodtok #chicken #chickenrecipes #fakeaway #dinner #dinnerideas #dinnerwithme

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