Three cup chicken

Method

1. 1 The three cups are sesame oil, soy sauce, and rice wine, divided equally; that's the original recipe for the dish.
2. 2 Sauté thick slices of ginger in sesame oil over low heat for 5 minutes, or until the edges curl up.
3. 3 Sauté whole garlic cloves and dried chilies for 90 seconds before adding the chopped chicken and frying for 6 minutes.
4. 4 Pour in soy sauce, rice wine, and sugar, then simmer for 18 minutes in an earthenware pot, stirring twice.
5. 5 Turn off the heat, then add the handful of basil leaves and cover for 60 seconds; basil leaves added while still hot will turn black and lose their aroma.

With an appliance

• Air fryer 50 min

  Instead of frying the chicken in step 3: lightly spray sesame oil over the chicken and fry at 200 degrees for 10 minutes, flipping at the 5th minute; in step 4, simmer the chicken with three cups of seasoning in an earthenware pot for 18 minutes.