Steamed whole chicken can also be smoked for added flavour.
Ingredients
1 whole chicken - properly cleaned and innards removed
A few ginger slices
1 stalk spring onions - cleaned and knotted
some salt and wine
some pepper and 5 spice powder
some pepper and 5 spice powder
- Put ginger and sping onion on a steaming tray.
- Rub chicken with wine, salt , pepper and 5 spice powder and place on steaming tray
- Steam chicken over boiling water for 25 minutes. Off fire and leave for 15 minutes before removing cover. Leave to cool.
- Place 2 pieces of aluminium foil on a wok. Sprinkle 1-2 tbsp tea leaves followed by 1-2 tbsp flour and 1-2 tbsp sugar.
- Place a tray over the above. Put boiled chicken on tray [skin side up].
- Cover wok and turn on to medium fire for 10-12 minutes [you should be able to see white smoke and then yellow smoke]. Off fire and leave covered for another minute.
- Remove cover and brush sesame oil over skin.
- Chopped and serve with shredded spring onion, cucumber and chilli sauce.
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