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Origin
Guangdong Province
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Description
Si you ji (豉油鸡) — soy sauce chicken — is made by poaching a whole chicken in a master soy sauce liquid (dark soy, light soy, Shaoxing wine, rock sugar, star anise, ginger, cinnamon). The chicken is submerged and cooked at just below simmering for 30–40 minutes, turned occasionally, then rested in the liquid until the surface takes on a deep mahogany lacquer. The master liquid is maintained and reused indefinitely.
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The Thread
—Hainanese chicken rice — similar poaching philosophy
—Japanese yakitori no tare — maintained sauce tradition
—Vietnamese ga kho — caramelised soy chicken
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Flavour Context
Deep soy-sweet glaze; five-spice warmth; silky, juicy chicken within; concentrated Cantonese umami
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