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🍜 Soy Sauce Chicken with Baby Bok Choy

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Main Dishes Chinese Jun 24, 2025 452
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Description

Tender chicken simmered in a rich soy-based sauce with garlic, ginger, and star anise, served with blanched baby bok choy and steamed rice 🍛. This classic Cantonese main dish delivers deep umami and warm aromatics in every bite.

Ingredients

Servings: 4
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  • 🍗 600 g chicken thighs, bone-in, skin-on (21 oz)
  • 🧄 3 garlic cloves, smashed
  • 🫚 15 g fresh ginger, sliced (1 tbsp)
  • ⭐ 1 star anise
  • 🌾 60 ml light soy sauce (4 tbsp)
  • 🧂 30 ml dark soy sauce (2 tbsp)
  • 🍯 20 g brown sugar (1 tbsp)
  • 💧 250 ml water (1 cup)
  • 🥬 200 g baby bok choy (7 oz), halved
  • 🍚 Steamed jasmine rice, for serving

Preparation

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Total Time

⏳ Prep time: 10 minutes
🔥 Cooking time: 30 minutes
🕒 Total time: 40 minutes

Nutritional Value

🔋 Energy: 460 kcal
🥩 Protein: 29 g
🧈 Fat: 28 g
🍚 Carbohydrates: 18 g
🧂 Sodium: 890 mg
🔥 460 kcal 💪 29 g protein 🍞 18 g carbs 🧈 28 g fat
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Advice

For deeper flavor, marinate the chicken in soy sauce and ginger for 1 hour before cooking 🍗

Status

Fragrant, tender, and full of Cantonese soul — this soy chicken is the star of the dinner table 🍜❤️ #SoySauceChicken #ChineseMains #GrannyZen

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