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Chicken symbolizes a family reunion when served as a whole. Therefore most of the Chinese families will prepare  chicken in a variety of recipes to be served during the Chinese New Year. I remember steamed chicken (白切雞) was one of the favorite traditional dishes served in my family during Chinese New Year. The appearance of the steamed chicken looked so unattractive and tasteless. That was my thought in my childhood but after I tasted it with the ginger-scallion dipping sauce for one time, I was amazed and started liking it.

For the first day of Chinese New Year, having planned to cook the steamed chicken, I’ve prepared the salty water chicken (鹽水雞) instead. It is a recipe from my co-worker, Ray whom is so kind to share with me. I thought the recipe is more alike the steamed chicken but I was wrong. It’s a little bit complicated and time consuming as well as some cooking skills required. The entire process was fun though because I never really poach a whole chicken before.

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