Yaokai (Chinese Chicken)

1 whole skinned chicken

1 c. water

2 c. soy sauce (you can use 1 c. Chinese soy sauce and 1 c. Japanese soy sauce for a different flavor.

I normally only use Japanese soy sauce.)

1 4-inch piece of leek

1 long chunk of ginger

1 stick cinnamon

1/2 or 3/4 c. sugar

1 star anise ("hakaku" in Japanese)

Boil chicken in flavorings for about 30-40 minutes on medium heat or put it in the crock pot for a few hours.

Eat it "Korean Yaki Nikku" style......put shredded chicken meat in lettuce leaf along with julienne cut cucumbers, celery, kaiware daikon, leek

Put Haisinjan sauce on it (Chinese barbecue sauce) 

Roll it up and eat it.