drunken chicken

sometime back, i was cooking dinner and decided to cook drunken chicken.. this recipe was a lil weird cos it required gula melaka. =S anyhow, i've tweaked it abit so shld b alright


Ingredients:
1L shaoxing (Chinese rice wine)
500ml mirin
1-2L water, or enough to cover chicken
10 drumsticks/a whole chicken
4-6cm ginger, thickly sliced
stalk of spring onion
chinese mushroom
enoki mushroom
pepper
soy sauce (to taste)

Method:
(1) Place the shaoxing, mirin, water and palm sugar in a large saucepan and bring to the boil.
(2) Add the chicken and ginger, then cover and simmer gently for 45-60 minutes.
(3) Remove the pan from the heat and allow the chicken to cool in the poaching liquid.
(4) Serve over mee sua

it was a good meal for me. some found the sweetness weird. heh.. anyhow, just gotta change the recipe to your liking :)