Chicken Bistek

Marinated chicken breast stewed in soy sauce with onion.

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Fiipino

Keyword: bistek

Servings: people

Calories: 662kcal

Author: Vanjo Merano

Combine the marinade ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well.
¾ cup soy sauce, 1 piece lemon, ¼ teaspoon salt, 2 cloves garlic
Add the chicken. Make sure that the chicken is completely coated with the marinade. Cover the bowl. Refrigerate overnight.
2 lbs boneless chicken breast
Separate the chicken from the remaining marinade. Note: make sure to let most of the liquid drip-off.
Heat 2 tablespoons of cooking oil in a wok. Fry the chicken for 2 minutes per side. Remove from the wok. Set it aside.
¼ cup cooking oil
Heat the remaining cooking oil. Sauté the garlic and around ½ of the total amount of onions.
3 cloves garlic, 3 pieces onion
Add the chicken once the onion softens. Continue cooking for 30 seconds.
Pour the remaining marinade and 1 cup water. Let it boil. Adjust the heat to a simmer, cover the wok, and continue cooking for 35 minutes. Note: add more water as needed.
1 cup water
Add the remaining onions. Cook for 2 minutes.
3 pieces onion
Add the sugar and season with salt and ground black pepper.
½ teaspoon sugar, Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Transfer to a serving bowl. Serve.
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Boneless chicken thigh - Make sure your oil is hot before you start cooking up the chicken!
Garlic - This is a hard ingredient to replace, but you could also try using garlic powder if you've run out of actual garlic.
Onion - Red onions are best, but feel free to use yellow or white ones if unavailable.
Sugar - Other than white sugar, you could even try this recipe with brown sugar or coconut sugar.
Lemon - Alternatively, you could use calamansi or lime in the place of the lemon.