EASIEST WAY to cook Three Cup Chicken 三杯鸡 San Bei Ji • Chinese Chicken Stir Fry Recipe

According to Wikipedia, three cup chicken (3 cup chicken) or sanbeiji 三杯鸡 originated from Jiangxi province of southern China but became especially popular in Taiwan. I guess that's why many people thought this is a Taiwanese dish. Oh well at least i did. The dish derives its name from the three cups of sauces required as ingredients. For each chicken, a cup each of soy sauce, rice wine (usually mijiu although it may be mixed with Shaoxing jiu), and sesame oil are added. However, ours have been modified to suit our taste buds.
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Ingredients
Serves 4
2 chicken thighs
2 tablespoons sesame seed oil
3 tablespoons dark soya sauce
3 tablespoons Chinese cooking wine - Huatiao jiu
I bulb of garlic
3 bulbs of shallots
A handful of sweet or Thai basil leaves
1 thumb size ginger
1/2 teaspoon sugar
Some white pepper to taste

[@imelani]

Thank you for directing me to this video a few weeks ago. I tried this recipe yesterday and it tastes amazing!!!! (though I did not have basil leaves). I live overseas and had never cooked before I moved. Your videos show that cooking can be made easy and now I can always taste home flavors whenever I miss it (quite all the time)! :)

[@spicenpans]

Awesome. We’re so happy you enjoyed this recipe. Woohooz. Glad that we can help you ease a little of your homesickness 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mokshan4450]

Delicious 😋🤤. Thank you ☺️

[@pikahela]

my favorite chef ever. your recipes are really easy to follow for beginners like me. thank you

[@bettychua9976]

Love all your recipies ❤❤ good luck on 1million 🎉🎉

[@keemary5324]

Thanks for sharing easy to prepare

[@spicenpans]

You’re most welcome, Mary

[@tommyariel]

Thank you for making all these videos of all the yummy local delights. Really enjoy your videos !

[@spicenpans]

You’re most welcome. Thank you too Jody 🙏🙏

[@raymullen3583]

That is a fore sure to do , Can't wait to get to the Store and try this Tonight ... Thank You ...

[@Frostysleet]

I am addicted to your channel! I am so happy to have found your channel. I am running out of dinner ideas and there are so many dishes I can try!

[@spicenpans]

+VoNnE GiLiA hehe. Glad that our recipes came in handy. Look forward to seeing your dishes using our recipes. You can share with us on our Facebook page facebook.com/spicenpans

[@ngtilui]

Hi, the ones I ate had dry chilli in it. When do we add them in? Thanks

[@spicenpans]

Good morning Sure Win. If you want to add dry chilli, hydrate them and dry them first. Heat up oil and fry them until fragrant before putting the rest of the ingredients in. 🤓

[@ngtilui]

@@spicenpans thanks man!

[@yunru8935]

Hi Roland..I just want to ask what’s different Chinese cooking wine n rice wine?is it same?

[@spicenpans]

Hi Yun Ru. They are different in terms of flavour - made from different types of rice. Shaoxing wine is more pungent - very suitable to be added at the end of cooking to add extra fragrance to the dish. If it’s cooked for too long, Shaoxing wine tends to get a little sourish. Rice wine is lighter in flavour - we usually use it to remove nasty porky or fridge taste from frozen ingredients. Rice wine also adds fragrance to a dish but it’s not as noticeable as Shaoxing wine. Hope I’m not confusing you. You gotta try them both out in cooking to experience it yourself. Happy cooking!

[@yunru8935]

Spice N' Pans oh i c..thanks for your info

[@yunru8935]

Spice N' Pans oh i c..thanks for your info

[@nourmohammed6521]

Hi Roland, I made this yesterday it was so so good. My husband and I just couldn't stop eating it. Thank so much for sharing it!

[@spicenpans]

You’re most welcome 🤓🤓🤓

[@jefferytay3225]

Quite confused with the dark soya sauce part. Is it the watery type (I don't know how to describe this, it's just a more watery variation of dark soya sauce)? Is it the thicker type (similar to Lee kum kee 老抽)? Or is it the thicker type but sweet (those used as a dip for chicken rice)(or what they call 酱油膏)

[@spicenpans]

Hi Jeffrey. It’s the thicker version of dark soya sauce. If you go for the premium type, it’s usually dark and not very salty. You can also use the chicken rice soya sauce. No problem. We like to use that as well because it gives a nice caramel taste and make the dish look dark without making the dish overly salty.

[@jefferytay3225]

Spice N' Pans thanks for the response!

[@Rebecca-dm5ul]

Love this. I love your channel. Asian food was childhood comfort food. We'd go for it for birthdays, good grades and on those bad days as a pick me up. Your videos help me recreate old favorites and discover new ones. You both are amazing. More bloopers please. :)

[@spicenpans]

Hehe thank you Rebecca 🙏🙏

[@lotuschang2025]

thanks a lot. hope to see your video soon.

[@angelinetoh4391]

Hi there. Is it ok to omit the wine? will it affect the taste?

[@spicenpans]

Hi Angeline. The key ingredients of 3 cup chicken are soy sauce, rice wine and sesame oil. If you omit rice wine out, the dish will still be nice but it will lack one dimension of taste to make it taste exceptional. Hope this helps.

[@angelinetoh4391]

ok thanks! will get a bottle. can't wait to try this recipe

[@mabelkuan2311]

cools! i've just bought a bottle of hua tiao wine and i cant wait to try this!

[@spicenpans]

Woohoo. Good buy! We use hua tiao wine in almost every dish 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@joyceylim]

Can I use regular soy sauce? I dont have dark soy sauce in my kitchen.

[@clh6093]

Hi Roland, I like your videos very much. Just a suggestion, would you mind adding subtitles as the Singaporean accent tends to be quite fast and may help non local people understand you. Thanks.

[@spicenpans]

Can no problem. In fact some of our viewers gave us the same feedback too that’s why in our recent videos, we have listed down the ingredients as subtitles as Roland is cooking. Hope that will help you reduce the ambiguity as a result of our accent. Thanks so much for watching!

[@quynhle6171]

is your sesame oil toasted or untoasted?

[@spicenpans]

Hi there. Please use untoasted sesame oil. Happy cooking!

[@germaineeloh4200]

The chicken no need marinate?

[@shirll.9567]

Can i not add basil leaves?

[@mwswzy]

Hi, I don’t have fresh basil, can I add a pinch of dried basil powder instead?

[@oscargr_]

You can, but it's really not the same.

[@sherylchieng7701]

Hi, can I substitute white sugar with rock sugar?

[@spicenpans]

Hihi. Yes sure. Maybe you can add half first then add more if you need to increase the sweetness of this dish. Happy cooking!

[@joanwalford1959]

Yummy!

[@3littleangels917]

No need of adding salt?

[@spicenpans]

Hi Chinthalapudi. So sorry for our late reply. Yes no need to add because the dark soy sauce is enough to make this dish salty. But if you think it’s not salty enough, feel free to add some to taste. Happy cooking!

[@rubit1626]

Whats an alternative for rice wine? No alcohol

[@spicenpans]

Hi Rubi. You can skip the wine totally. Happy cooking!

[@rubit1626]

@@spicenpans awesome

[@fongyoonlin2624]

3 cups chickens by hong kitche

[@marivicmadrid9479]

😋😋😋

[@lotuschang2025]

please.demonstrate how to stir fry freshly grown assorted japan mushroom. thank u.

[@spicenpans]

+lotus chang hi lotus. Sure. Hope to do this soon. We have a couple of videos made and scheduled to be uploaded so please bear with us as it may take some time before we load your request. Thanks for requesting :-) 😘😘😘

[@danagigeita1923]

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[@PolarBear-mj9wt]

三杯雞isnt so black,its a golden light brown. Too much dark soya sauce there

[@MFoo-nz4mi]

Hi, can I know approximately the weight of chicken thign ? New subscriber from 🇸🇬

[@spicenpans]

Hi Marvin. Thanks so much for subscribing to our channel. The chicken thigh is about 200g. Hope this helps. Happy cooking 🙏🙏🙏

[@MFoo-nz4mi]

@@spicenpans Thanks for the reply and keep up the good work 💪

[@spicenpans]

Thanks so much bro! 🙏🙏

[@muhsinahaseeb3813]

🙂👍👍

[@spicenpans]

Thank you so so much, Muhsina :))

[@bobbyho4586]

HI ROLAND CHEF. TAIWAN STYLE NO BODY GIVE SHALLOT. 3 ITEM ONLY OK. WHY YOU ADD SHALLOT OMG. WHAT MAKE YOU HAPPY CARRY ON BUT NOT AUTHENTIC ITS OK. BECOME LU ROU FAAN FLAVOUR..