Braised Chicken with Dried Mushrooms
Ingredients
Main
- 1kg
- whole or chicken pieces (marinade with just salt for at least 30 minutes)
- 2 stalks
- spring onion
- 8 pieces
- dried shitake mushrooms (the more the better)
- 15g
- ginger
- 1 bulb
- garlic
Seasoning
- 3 tbsp
- soy sauce
- 4 tbsp
- dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp
- oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp
- chinese wine
Method
- 01
Chop the chicken into bite sized pieces
- 02
Stir fry the chicken to brown the skin of the chicken (you can also start in from a cold stainless pan to render more chicken fat)
- 03
Add in the ginger, garlic and spring onion
- 04
Add in the mushrooms
- 05
Add in enough water to cover the chicken
- 06
Add in the seasoning ingredients
- 07
Simmer under low-medium heat for at least 20 minutes (ideally 40 minutes)
Notes
- The ginger and garlic amounts are just a guide, being precise with either isn't a big deal.
- The salt-only marinade is Salt meat long before you cook it — give it longer than 30 minutes if you can.