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Machang Stuffed Chicken

Yields6 ServingsTotal Time3 hrs

 1 large whole chickendeboned
Brine
 2 l warm water
  cup salt
 ½ cup sugar
 ½ cup soy sauce
 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Stuffing
 2 cups sticky rice
 2 tbsp shiitake mushroomssliced
 2 Chinese sausage
 2 tbsp raw peanuts
 1 kamote
 ¼ soy sauce
 ¼ sugar
 ¼ cup rice wine
 5 garlic cloves
 1 onion
 ½ cup chicken stock
 1 tbsp sesame oil
Basting Sauce
 1 tbsp gingergrated
 1 tbsp garlicgrated
 ¼ cup soy sauce
 ¼ cup sugar
 ½ cup broth
 ¼ cup whiskey
Prepare chicken
1

Debone the chicken.

Make brine
2

In a bowl, mix together the brining ingredients until well combined and place the chicken to brine in the mixture for 2 hours to overnight.

Sauté aromatics
3

In a pan over medium heat, sauté garlic, Chinese sausage, shiitake, and kamote. Add soy sauce, rice wine, chicken stock, peanuts, and sesame oil. simmer uncovered for three minutes.

Continue preparing the stuffing
4

To the same pan, add sticky rice and mix. Continue cooking until the rice has turned opaque and shiny but not thoroughly cooked. Remove from the heat.

Stuff chicken
5

Spoon rice mixture into the chicken cavity, carefully pushing the filling into all the extremities and seal.

Make basting sauce
6

In a pan, saute the ginger and garlic until aromatic. Add soy sauce, broth, and sugar. Reduce until thick then mix in whiskey and turn off the heat.

Roast chicken
7

Place chicken in a preheated oven and cook chicken at 160 degrees Celsius for 45 minutes to 1 hour while basting occasionally.

Nutrition Facts

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