Recipe: Yummy Mayogee麻油雞 (black sesame oil chicken)

Mayogee麻油雞 (black sesame oil chicken). While too much sesame oil may make you "hot" (think pimples, dry mouth, easily annoyed, and dry skin), the right amount will keep your body toasty. Ginger is milder and won't "overheat" you. Sesame Oil Chicken Soup(麻油雞 MáYóuJī) was a traditional food for the weak.

The ginger, sesame oil and the rice wine are all considered warming ingredients in Traditional Chinese Medicine, which is thought to heal the body faster when recovering from childbirth or when you're trying to fight off a cold. During my confinement, I ate sesame chicken almost everyday. It was the one dish that I really did not mind eating on a daily basis. You can cook Mayogee麻油雞 (black sesame oil chicken) using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mayogee麻油雞 (black sesame oil chicken)

1. Prepare of to taste Ginger.
2. Prepare 1 tbsp of black sesame oil.
3. Prepare 7 of chicken drumsticks.
4. It's 2 tbsp of rice wine.
5. It's 1 liter of water.

I love the smell of sesame oil. It reminds me of my childhood. It reminds me of my mom. It reminds me that I am Chinese.

Mayogee麻油雞 (black sesame oil chicken) instructions

1. Put 1 table spoon sesame oil in the pot. While hot, put gingers into the pot. Fry until the gingers turn brown, put chicken into the pot..
2. Fry the the chicken until it turns brown. Add 2 table spoon of rice wine and 1 liter of water(the amount depends on your choice).
3. Cook at low heat until the chicken is done. (Chicken gets 74 C degree).

Sesame oil chicken (麻油鸡) is a childhood dish which is the ultimate comfort food to me. This recipe is from my mum. Whenever I cook this dish, my house will be filled with the wonderful aroma of the simmering chicken, sesame oil and ginger which is so familiar and therapeutic. Best of all, this is a simple dish which is easy to prepare. Heat up a skillet or wok over high heat and add the sesame oil.