Braised Chicken Wing with Ginger and Garlic

Northeast weather is getting cooler and cooler especially at night. We Chinese believed ginger root is good to consume during winter time or during confinement (gave birth to child) to warm up our body.The Chinese have two basic classifications of food, cooling and heating. Too much cooling food such as leafy vegetables and melons is believed to produce wind, muscle cramps and rheumatism.oh! I ate pound and pound of ginger root cooked with different type of dish during my confinement(luckily my mom was here to cook for me),but I don't mind coz I love the ginger flavor ! Now days I like to add ginger root to my cooking to infuse the extraordinary fragrance.To know more about ginger ,look here. I love this special dish- Braised Chicken Wing with ginger and garlic that have savoury tangy sweet taste and little spiciness which I added to this dish. Ingredients:

10 chicken wing(cut to 3 pieces )

6 cloves fresh garlic(sliced)

3 inch old ginger root( peel and sliced)

5-6 dried red hot pepper

5 tbsp cooking wine

3 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp salt

2 tbsp thick soy sauce

1 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp oil Method:

1:Wash and cut chicken wing to 3 pieces,cut at the joint.Set aside.Wash,peel ,slice garlic and ginger root.

2:Prepare skillet or wok at high heat with oil.Add in ginger and garlic,fry until fragrant or golden brown,add in red hot pepper and cut chicken wing.Then add in cooking wine,soy sauce,thick soy sauce,salt and sugar.Let it simmer for 15-20 minutes at medium heat.Cover with lid for quick and easy cooking while it braise.

3:Stir the wings few time to prevent the gravy from drying out .If you want extra gravy,add in 1/4 cup water.Adjust the seasoning to your taste before serve.Serve warm with rice.

Note:I submit my dish entry "Ginger"to Weekend Herb Blogging created by Kalyn and host by The Well Seasoned Cook for this week WHB!.If you would like to participate ,check out their site ! see yea!