Steam Pot Chicken 汽锅鸡 - Chinese Recipe

Steam Pot Chicken 汽锅鸡

🌍 Chinese, Yunnan Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken (1.3kg, chopped into pieces)
• 20g ginseng (optional)
• 6 dried shiitake (soaked)
• 10 red dates
• 3 slices ginger
• 2 stalks green onion
• 1 tsp salt
• white pepper
• 30ml Shaoxing wine

Method

1. Step 1 — Blanch chicken pieces 3 min; drain.
2. Placing — Place in Yunnan steam pot (qiguo) or deep bowl: chicken, mushrooms, dates, ginseng, ginger, green onion.
3. Adding — Add wine and salt. Do NOT add water.
4. Placing — Place pot over pot of boiling water; steam 2–3 hours. The steam condenses inside and creates the broth.
5. Seasoning — Season and serve directly from pot.

Tags: chicken, ginseng, shiitake, red dates, ginger · Source: Brittani's Almanac