Matauwhi Bay Hoisin Chicken Recipes

CROCK POT HOISIN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken, sliced water chestnuts and chopped scallions in slow cooker.
• Mix together hoisin sauce, wine, and five spice powder. Pour over the chicken mixture in the slowcooker.
• Cover and cook on low for about 6 hours.
• Serve over hot cooked rice or fine noodles.

GRILLED HOISIN CHICKEN WITH MAI FUN

Steps:

• The night before preparing food, mix together marinade ingredients in a small bowl.
• Place chicken in a ziplock bag and add marinade and seal, removing as much air as possible.
• Refrigerate overnight, turning occasionally.
• The next day, well before preparing food, heat oil to a depth of 2-inches at 375-400F in a large skillet or use a deep fryer.
• Add small amounts of mai fun to hot oil and allow them to cook briefly (they will puff like rice cereal and float to the top almost instantly); remove them and drain as soon as they do this and set aside to use later.
• Whisk together ingredients for sauce in a small saucepan and bring to a boil; lower heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes then remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Bring chicken out of refrigeration and allow to warm to room temp- 30-45 min, then drain from marinade, reserving marinade.
• Bring marinade to a boil in a saucepan, lower heat, and simmer for 2-3 minutes, then allow to cool (if it gets too thick, add a little water); use for basting chicken as it cooks.
• Prepare grill, allowing for cooking with indirect heat.
• Grill chicken using an indirect heat method, preferably charcoal, 45 min-75 min, depending on grill temp, or until chicken reaches an internal temp of at least 170F in the thickest part of the breast, basting occasionally.
• As chicken nears doneness, apply sauce mixture to chicken and allow to glaze and cook onto it, then remove chicken from grill.
• Sprinkle chicken with toasted sesame seeds.
• Arrange a bed of puffed mai fun on a serving plate and arrange chicken on top of it; serve at once with other foods as desired.

CROCK POT HOISIN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in a bowl (except the chicken pieces).
• Add the chicken to the mixture; coat well.
• Put all ingredients in the slow cooker.
• Cook for 5-6 hours, or until chicken is tender.
• Serve with rice.

HOISIN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. combine hoisin, honey, vinegar, sesame oil, in a saucepan, bring to a boil.
• Combine cornstarch and water and add to mixture, stirring.
• Cook 1 minute, remove from heat and set aside. mix spices and rub evenly over both sides of chicken. Spray a broiler pan with non stick spray, add chicken, broil 5 minutes.
• Brush with hoisin mixture and cook for 5 minutes more. turn over and brush with sauce, broil 5 minutes, basting often, until done.

STIR-FRIED HOISIN CHICKEN WITH SESAME SEEDS

Steps:

• In a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat, warm the oil.
• Add the sesame seeds and ginger to the oil and saute until fragrant and seeds golden, about 2 minutes *CAREFUL have a lid ready, it pops!
• Add the onions, bell pepper and salt. Saute for 1 minute.
• Add the chicken, more oil if necessary and continue to saute until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink.
• Add water chestnuts, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar. cook until flavors are well blended, about 2-3 minutes.
• Serve over rice and top with green onions.

MATAUWHI BAY HOISIN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine ingredients for sauce and simmer for 5 minutes over very low heat. Let sauce stand for at least 1 hour for the flavours to blend.
• Pierce chicken with fork in several places.
• Marinate chicken in refrigerator for several hours with 1/2 the sauce. Roast chicken in 190 C (375 F) oven for 45 minutes turning regularly, or until juices run clear, basting several times with the remaining sauce. Alternate cooking method is to BBQ for about 45 minutes, turning and basting regularly.
• Serve with rice and stir fried vegetables.