Chinese
Chinese - Stir fries and Mains
Salt Baked Chicken
Chef's Menu Description
A distinguished culinary classic crafted with authentic techniques and finest ingredients, offering rich depth of flavour and elegant presentation.
Ingredients
- • 1 whole chicken, about 1.5kg, cleaned
- • 40g sea salt
- • 2 tsp Sichuan peppercorns, toasted and ground
- • 3 slices fresh ginger
- • 4 spring onions
- • 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
- • 1 tbsp ginger juice (grated ginger squeezed)
- • 2kg coarse rock salt for baking
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Pat the chicken dry, then rub inside and out with the Sichuan pepper salt.
2
Phase 2
Put the ginger and spring onions in the cavity and massage with the wine and ginger juice.
3
Phase 3
Wrap the chicken tightly in baking parchment or lotus leaves.
4
Phase 4
Bury the wrapped chicken in a wok of heated coarse salt and bake at 180C for 1 hour until cooked through.
5
Phase 5
Rest for 10 minutes, then unwrap, chop, and serve.