Chicken with Soy Sauce

I made this delicious chicken dish for dinner yesterday. Actually...this is a staple dish for my family. It's always a big hit with my kids!


Ingredients:
1 chicken - cut into 10-12 pieces
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
1 cinnamon stick
2 star anise
1 large onion - sliced into rings
2 red chillies - sliced thickly
2 green chillies - sliced thickly
sugar to taste

Mixed sauces (mix all ingredients together in a bowl):
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp tomato sauce / ketchup
4 tbsp sweet soy sauce
1 tsp thick soy sauce
A little water

Blended ingredients:
5 shallots
3 cloves garlic
1 cm ginger
Cooking instructions:
1. Marinate chicken pieces with turmeric powder and salt for 20-30 minutes.
2. Deep fry chicken until cooked through. Put aside.
3. Remove all but 3 tbsp oil from frying pan. Saute cinnamon stick and star anise for 1 minute.
4. Stir in blended ingredients and fry till aromatic.
5. Then pour in mixed sauces. Stir till sauce is boiling.
6. Put in chicken and keep stirring for 3 minutes. Make sure that chicken pieces is well mixed with the sauce.
7. Add onions and chillies.
8. Season to taste with sugar. Dish out and serve with rice.