Mongolian Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 lb chicken thighs
• 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• pinch of salt
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 3 tbsp brown sugar
• 3 tbsp water
• 1 tsp hoisin sauce, optional
• 1 tsp oyster sauce, optional
• 1 onion, cubed
• green onion, cut into two inch pieces
• garlic, grated
• ginger, grated
• oil

Instructions

1. Into a bowl of chicken thighs, add in shaoxing wine, salt, and cornstarch. Give it a mix and let it sit for at least 15 minutes.
2. Cube an onion and cut a green onion into two inch pieces.
3. For the sauce, mix light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, brown sugar, and water until homogenous and then set aside.
4. Into a hot pan, add in some oil and then the chicken. Let it cook until brown.
5. Remove the chicken and in the same pan, add in your onions and the whites of the green onion. Let everything get nice and charred.
6. Grate in garlic and ginger.
7. Bring back in the chicken and pour in your sauce. Continue cooking until the sauce starts to thicken.
8. Add in the rest of your green onion.