🏠 Negi-Shio Chicken – Easy Tasty Japanese Recipe

Negi means spring onion, and Shio means salt. This flavorful chicken dish is quick and easy to prepare, and pairs beautifully with rice.

Ingredients

• Chicken thigh pieces (preferably skin on), diced – 300g
• Corn or tapioca starch – 1Tbsp
• Salt and Pepper – to coat
• Oil – to fry
• Sake – 1Tbsp for steaming

Sauce:

• Spring onion, finely chopped – 1
• Sesame oil – 2Tbsp (30ml)
• Shiro-dashi – 2tsp (10ml)
• Weipa or Chicken stock – 1 tsp
• Garlic paste – 1tsp

How to make

1. Mix all the sauce ingredients in a bowl.
2. Season the diced chicken with a little salt and pepper, then coat lightly with starch.
3. Heat a little oil in a pan and cook the chicken on both sides over medium heat.
4. Add the sake, cover with a lid, and steam until the chicken is cooked through.
5. Pour in the sauce and stir-fry for about 2 minutes