Taiwanese Three Cups Chicken

Ingredients:
1kg chicken ~ cut into small chunks
10 pcs sliced ginger
10 cloves garlic ~ crushed/minced
4 tbsp dark sesame oil
3 tbsp light soy sauce
3 tbsp Shao Xing wine
1 tsp ground white pepper
10 pcs dried chilies
2 tbsp rock sugar
1/2 spring onion ~ cut into chunks
1 bunch Thai Basil leaves

Directions:

1. In a heated wok, add the sesame oil.  Once the oil is hot, add sliced ginger & saute until fragrant.  Then add the minced or crushed garlic & fry for about 1 min or so.
2. Add cut chicken.  Stir the chicken around the wok for a few mins before adding the light soy sauce, Shao Xing wine & ground white pepper.
3. Add dried chili & rock sugar.  Cover the work with a lid, reduce the heat to medium & let the chicken simmer for about 20 mins.  Be sure to give the chicken an occasional stir.
4. Once chicken is cooked through; add spring onion & Thai basil leaves.  Turn off the heat & the residual heat wilt the basil leaves & spring onion.
5. Serve with steamed rice.