Five-Spice Simmered Chicken

Method

1. 1 Marinate the chicken wings with five-spice powder, garlic, shallots, and fish sauce for 30 minutes.
2. 2 Use only 5g of five-spice powder for the entire batch; any more and the cinnamon and star anise flavor will overpower the chicken's taste.
3. 3 Caramelize the sugar until it turns a reddish-brown color, then coat the chicken wings with the caramel for 4 minutes.
4. 4 Pour in 150 ml of water and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes, flipping the wings once during this time.
5. 5 Open the lid and simmer for 8 minutes until the sauce thickens and coats each wing with a glossy finish.
6. 6 Sprinkle with pepper and green onions, then serve hot with rice.

With an appliance

• Pressure cooker 35 min

  Replace step 4: simmer under high pressure for 8 minutes, then quickly release the pressure, and then open the lid and simmer for 8 minutes as in step 5.