Home Style Chinese Pot Roast Chicken

• 1 Whole Fryer

Marinade:

• 1/2 cup Shoyu
• 1 slice Ginger, crushed or 1/2 teaspoon ground Ginger
• 1 large clove Garlic, crushed
• 3 to 4 Star Anise petals
• Oil for frying

Put whole fryer in a bowl. Combine all ingredients for marinade and let stand at least 1-1/2 hours. Marinate whole chicken about 1 hour, rubbing marinade in cavity as well as over whole chicken. Drain chicken and save remaining marinade.

Use pot just big enough to accommodate whole chicken. Heat about 1 inch of oil in pot and fry chicken at medium heat until browned (about 20 to 30 minutes), turning chicken on all sides. Remove from pot, cool, cut up chicken and arrange in serving dish or platter.

Drain oil, leaving about 1 tablespoon in pot. Pour reserved marinade into hot oil and cook until bubbly.

Just before serving, pour hot sauce over cut up chicken. Garnish with chopped Chinese parsley or green onions.