Free Recipe Braised Chestnut Chicken
Recipe Type: P Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Ingredients for Braised Chestnut Chicken Recipe
6 Dried black mushroons
30 Chestnuts
2 lb Chicken legs
2 Or
3 Sets chicken giblets
2 sl Fresh ginger root
2 -(up to)
3 tb Oil
2 c Water
3 tb Soy sauce
2 tb Sherry
1/2 ts Salt
Braised Chestnut Chicken Preparation
1. Soak dried mushrooms. Shell chestnuts (see How-to Section ); then cut in half. 2. With a cleaver, chop chicken legs, bones and all, in 2-inch sections. Chop giblets in 2-inch sections. Slice ginger root and soaked mushrooms. 3. Heat oil in a heavy pan. Quickly brown chicken and giblet sections. Add ginger root and mushrooms; stir-fry about 1 minute. 4. Meanwhile heat, but do not boil, water; then stir in soy sauce, sherry and salt. Pour over chicken and bring to a boil. Then simmer, covered, 30 to 35 minutes. 5. Add chestnuts and simmer, covered, 15 minutes more. NOTE: This dish is often served at holiday feasts and elaborate dinners. VARIATION: Brown chicken as in step 3; then sprinkle with 1-1/2 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons sherry and 3 tablespoons cold water. Stir in to heat. Add the salt and ginger root and simmer, covered, 30 minutes without additional water. Then pick up step 5. From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4.
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Recipe Serves: 8
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