Tea Smoked Chicken

Name: Tea Smoked Chicken
Prep time: 5 h 16 min
Cook time: 5 h 16 min
Total time: 5 h 16 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon five-spice powder; 3 Tbsps Chinese black tea; 2 Tbsps brown sugar; 59 milliliters Shao-sing wine or medium-dry sherry; 1 Tbsp peeled and minced fresh ginger; 1 heads iceberg lettuce; 1 Juice lime; 2 Tbsps kosher salt; 59 milliliters chopped peanuts; 1 Tbsp Szechuan peppercorns; 5 scallions (white and green), thinly sliced; 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil; 454 grams boneless skinless chicken thighs; 2 Tbsps soy sauce, preferably dark (see Cooks Note); 40 servings Sriracha sauce or other Asian chili sauce, to taste; 59 milliliters white rice

This recipe serves 40. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 32 calories, 3g of protein, and 1g of fat per serving. If you have rice, sesame oil, scallions, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 5 hours and 16 minutes.

Instructions

Toast the Szechuan peppercorns in a dry skillet until fragrant, about 4 minutes. Cool slightly, and then crush in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle with the salt and five-spice powder until very fine. Rub seasoned salt all over the chicken thighs.

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Chicken Thighs

Seasoned Salt

Peppercorns

Toast

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Mortar And Pestle

Frying Pan

Place in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Bring the chicken to room temperature about 30 minutes before cooking.

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Whole Chicken

Line the bottom of a wok, skillet or heavy pot with a double layer of aluminum foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Pot

Wok

Mix the rice, tea and brown sugar together and mound on the foil. Set a steamer on top, and evenly space the chicken on the rack. Cover and cook over high heat. Hot smoke the chicken until smokey-brown colored and cooked through, about 12 minutes.

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Brown Sugar

Whole Chicken

Rice

Tea

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Aluminum Foil

While the chicken cooks, whisk the Shao-sing wine or sherry, soy, ginger, and sesame together in a small saucepan. Bring to boil over high heat, remove from heat and steep for 5 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Ginger

Sesame Seeds

Sherry

Wine

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Brush over cooked chicken.

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Cooked Chicken

To serve: Dice the chicken into very small pieces. Toss with the scallions and peanuts in a medium bowl.

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Green Onions

Whole Chicken

Peanuts

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Bowl

Cut the lettuce leaves into 40 squares or triangular scoops.

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Lettuce Leaf

Place a drop of Sriracha on top of each lettuce cup, and top with about 2 teaspoons of the diced chicken. Squeeze lime juice over the top, and drizzle the remaining soy-ginger sauce over the chicken.

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Lime Juice