BRINE: Take out frozen chicken and soak it in water. Just enough water to keep all pieces submerged. Sprinkle salt all over on top of the chicken and around it. Set aside until thawed.
RUB: Check chicken if completely thawed and now soft. Discard brine. Rub chicken with pepper and salt on all sides. Sprinkle a dash of cinnamon on the skin side, set aside.
SAUCE TO COOK IN: Prepare pot, combine Sauce ingredients and bring to a boil. Add chicken with skin side up. Cover and bring to a boil again then lower heat, cooking for 20 minutes. Then flip all pieces to the other side and simmer another 20 minutes.
PECHAY: with 10 minutes left on the clock, you can add the washed pechay on top of the chicken to steam, cover and continue cookingthe chicken.
PECHAY : Turn off heat and transfer pechay on a heated non stick pan (while leaving the chicken in the pot, covered) and add a few drops of sesame oil all around, season with all purpose seasoning powder and dash of salt. Cover a couple minutes then transfer and arrange on a plate.
Set aside the remaining chicken sauce/drippings in the pot.
BROWNING: On the same non stick pan, with residue of sesame oil, add some cooking oil (just a couple tablespoons to lightly fry/brown) then fish out the chicken from the pot and skin side down, lightly caramelize it. Flip to the other side if you want both sides browned. Remember, don't over cook to keep the meat juicy.
Plate the chicken, caramelized side up. Serve with the sauce/drippings on the side, if desired.
