Braised Soy Sauce Chicken With Cabbage

Cooking was the last thing I looked forward to in my younger days, more so in the period when I held the typical 9am to 6pm office job. It always seemed tedious and I never felt it was therapeutic.  I often ate out and if lethargy kicked in, it would easily be a night of the enchanting instant noodles.

But I didn't want to be that person who ate unhealthily all the time! So, I sucked in thoughts that swayed me away from this good purpose of eating better and started thinking of ways to make cooking a one-pot affair. One pot, because this saves me from having to do several dishes to go with rice. The other plus point? I wouldn't have to wash too many plates and pans in the process.

With meat and vegetables all in, you could say that this was also a bid to keep up with the issue of a 'balanced diet'.

Aah, but those were the days. I enjoy cooking tremendously now. It's opened up my creative side and I don't even scrunch my nose up if I have to whip up a meal for twenty. I look forward to the challenge!

This soy sauce dish is one of those one-pot meals that has coloured the early stages of my cooking journey.

Braised Soy Sauce Chicken With Cabbage Garnished with Spring Onion

Braised soy sauce chicken with vegetables is a regular feature on our dinner table. This is mainly because we're a soy-sauce loving family. We love it to bits.

Here's how I usually go about cooking soy sauce chicken. I hope you enjoy this as much as we do.

Braised Soy Sauce Chicken With Cabbage

Ingredients:
- 6 medium chicken pieces
- 1 medium potato (cubed or cut into small chunks)
- 1 medium onion (sliced)
- 10 baby carrots (halved)
- 1 cup sliced cabbage
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce or to taste (sweetish-salty kind)
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Pinch of white pepper
- 2 to 2½ cups water
- ½ to 1 tsp tapioca flour or cornflour
(mix a bit of water in, to form a thin milky paste)
- Cooking oil

How-to:
1) Heat oil in pan. Saute the onions.
2) Add potatoes, carrots and chicken. Stir for a minute.
3) Add light and dark soy sauce. Season with white pepper. Stir to coat all the ingredients.
4) Add water. Simmer covered, until all the ingredients are cooked.
5) Remove the cover and add the cabbage. Stir until cooked.
6) Finally, stir in tapioca flour to thicken the sauce.

1) Prepare the ingredients.
2) Saute the onions and add the vegetables, leaving the cabbage for last.
3) Add the chicken.
4) Then, add the seasoning and simmer!

Braised Soy Sauce Chicken With Cabbage, Carrots and Potatoes

Best eaten with fluffy white rice.