Free Recipe Braised Black Mushroom Chicken
Recipe Type: P Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Ingredients for Braised Black Mushroom Chicken Recipe
10 -(up to)
15 Dried black mushrooms
1 (3-lb) chicken
4 tb Soy sauce
2 tb Sherry
1 ts Sugar
2 -(up to)
3 tb Oil
2 c Water
1/2 ts Salt
1 ds Pepper
Braised Black Mushroom Chicken Preparation
1. Soak dried mushrooms. 2. Wipe chicken with a damp cloth and disjoint. Combine soy sauce, sherry and sugar. 3. Heat oil in a large heavy pan. Brown chicken quickly. Then stir in soy-sherry mixture. Reduce heat and cook, covered, 5 minutes, turning pieces once. 4. Boil water separately. Add to chicken, along with mushrooms, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil again; then simmer, covered, until done (35 to 40 minutes). VARIATIONS: 1. For the water, substitute stock. 2. Omit the water. Increase the soy sauce and sherry to 1/2 cup each and the sugar to 1 tablespoon. Add with the other ingredients after chicken is browned; and simmer, covered, about 40 minutes. 3. In step 3, add to heated oil 2 slices ginger root, crushed; and 1 scallion stalk, cut in 2-inch sections. Stir-fry a minute; then add chicken and brown. 4. In step 3, after browning chicken, add the soaked mushrooms and 1/2 cup bamboo shoots, sliced. Stir-fry to coat with oil; then continue with steps 3 and 4. 5. In step 4, add with the mushrooms, 10 Chinese red dates. 6. During the last 10 minutes of cooking, add 1/4 cup fresh green peas. From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4.
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Recipe Serves: 6
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