Tea Smoked Chicken | China | RICARDO

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (100 g) long grain rice
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 star anise, ground
• 1/2 tsp five-spice powder
• 3/4 cup (55 g) Gunpowder green tea
• 1 piece of orange peel
• 4 chicken breasts, with the bone and skin (not boneless)
• Soy sauce, for brushing
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp Earl Grey tea leaves
• 1 cup (250 ml) chicken broth
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) 15% thick cream