Buddha Jumps Over the Wall 佛跳墙 - Chinese Recipe

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall 佛跳墙

🌍 Chinese, Fujian Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 200g pork belly (blanched, sliced)
• 200g chicken pieces
• 100g abalone (canned or fresh)
• 100g sea cucumber (rehydrated)
• 100g shark fin (optional/substitute with thick glass noodles)
• 50g dried scallops (soaked)
• 8 quail eggs (boiled, peeled)
• 6 dried shiitake (soaked)
• 50g lotus seeds
• 30g lily bulbs
• 2 yam (cubed)
• 1L chicken stock
• 100ml Shaoxing wine
• 3 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 3 slices ginger

Method

1. Step 1 — Individually prepare each major ingredient: blanch meats, sear abalone briefly, rinse sea cucumber.
2. Layering — Layer in clay pot: meats at bottom, then seafood, then vegetables, then eggs.
3. Pouring — Pour stock, wine, oyster sauce, soy sauce over. Add ginger.
4. Step 4 — Seal pot with dough or foil; steam or simmer on very low 3–4 hours.
5. Step 5 — Adjust seasoning; serve directly from pot.

Tags: pork belly, chicken pieces, abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin · Source: Brittani's Almanac