Description
A hearty bento where a bone-in chicken leg is charcoal-grilled fragrantly while brushed with a sweet/savory special BBQ sauce, served over rice.
Restaurants serving Roasted Chicken Leg Rice
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Bone-in chicken leg
- Thick soy sauce
- Shacha sauce
- Honey
- Five-spice powder
- White sesame
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Make deep cuts in a giant bone-in chicken leg to help flavor penetrate.
- Marinate for hours in soy sauce, wine, garlic, and five-spice.
- [Grilling] Place chicken on a charcoal grill net and cook slowly.
- Thickly layer a 'special grilling sauce' mixed from Taiwan's sweet thick soy sauce (Jiangyou Gao), Shacha sauce, and honey using a brush.
- Repeat 'brush and grill' until sauce drips onto charcoal creating smoke, and the skin caramelizes like teriyaki.
- Once fragrantly grilled, sprinkle white sesame and place on rice to serve.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Five-spice and Charcoal aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Bake in an oven (charcoal flavor is inferior)
Pairing
Tapioca Milk Tea or sweet drinks
Trivia
[For Youth] The 'grilled (Kao)' version of chicken leg bentos, alongside braised (Lu) and fried (Zha). Similar to Japanese teriyaki chicken, but the exotic five-spice aroma and intense charcoal smoke strongly assert it as 'Taiwanese stall food'.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Hold the bone, getting sauce on your face while boldly biting off the charcoal-scented sweet/savory skin and juicy meat!
Allergen
Wheat, Chicken, Soy, Sesame, Shrimp (from Shacha)