STEAMED AND SPICED UP CHICKEN

Nowadays, chicken is considered as one of the most affordable and easy to cook meat. You can actually create 101 ways to a deli-sh chicken meal. And for those mom on the go or people who never have enough time to create and cook different dish aside from the typical adobo, afritada or the old time favorite crispy fried chicken, here is one of the recommendation I can offer to you. It's quick and can be prepared ahead. Let me introduce to you my own creation, "Steamed and Spiced Up Chicken"... this dish can also be done by "Sous Vide" just packed the spiced up chicken in an airtight plastic container and cook it over a temperature suited for cooking chicken.

INGREDIENTS:

2 pcs quarter chicken or 1 whole chicken
2 tbs of dried spice mixture or whatever is available in your pantry, you can actually combine flavors for as long as the taste compliments with each other, less is more, rule of thumb.
Salt, pepper and water
Garlic
Black fungus
Green onions
Sesame seed
Oyster sauce
Brown sugar
Soy sauce
Sesame Oil

PROCEDURE:

1. Brine the chicken in salt, water, pepper and garlic together with all the spice you have come up. You can actually brine several number of pieces and just store it over the chiller for future cooking. Just make sure you will store the spiced chicken for only 2 weeks or less.
2. You can also do the sauce ahead and store in the fridge. Just combine oyster sauce, water, brown sugar and sesame oil over heat and turn it off right away once it thicken. Once it is cooled down, store it up in the fridge and just reheat it when you are ready to serve it together with the chicken.
3. Once you are ready to cook the spiced up chicken, take the chicken out of the chiller and thaw until it is soften a little and put it over to steamer until it is cooked and tender.
4. You can either pour the sauce over the chicken while it is in the steamer or heat it up separately.
5. Serve and enjoy!