Chinese Steamed Chicken With Dried Shiitake Mushroom 香菇木耳蒸鸡
Chinese Steamed Chicken With Dried Shiitake Mushroom is the ultimate home cooked comfort dish that is extremely easy and quick to prepare. This healthy steamed chicken dish is full of flavour and certainly brings back nostalgic memories.
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Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 500 grams boneless chicken thigh, or boneless chicken breast, cut into bite size
- 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, rehydrate and sliced into thin strips
- 1 dried wood ear mushroom, rehydrate and cut into thin strips
- 10 grams ginger, sliced and julienned
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tbsp cooking oil, to fry chopped garlic
Marinade:
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp shaoxing wine
- 1 tsp corn starch
Have ready ingredients needed to steam the chicken.
First transfer dried shiitake mushrooms into a bowl filled with water and soak for about 2 hours to make sure they are fully rehydrated. Squeeze excess water from soaked mushrooms and cut into long slices about 1/4 inch thick and set aside.
Also transfer the dried wood ear mushrooms into a separate bowl filled with water and soak for 1 to 2 hours till soft. Then cut into long strips and set aside.
Peel off skin from ginger and julienned into long strips and set aside.
Then chopped peeled garlic and deep fry in a little oil till golden brown. Pour the golden crisp garlic and garlic oil into a bowl and set aside for later use.
Cut the deboned chicken thighs into bite size pieces. Transfer into a mixing bowl and add in all seasonings. Mix well and cover with cling wrap and leave to marinade for at least an hour or even overnight in the refrigerator. And we are ready to cook the steamed chicken dish.
When ready to cook the dish, make sure the marinated chicken is at room temperature. Add the julienned ginger, hydrated wood ears and mushroom strips into the marinated chicken. Lastly spoon in mushroom liquid and stir to mix everything together.
Arrange the chicken meat mixture in a single layer on a steaming plate. Prepare steamer and place steaming plate in steamer and steam over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes till chicken meat is cooked through.
Carefully remove the cover from the steamer making sure no water from the cover drip into the dish. Remove the steamed chicken dish onto a wire rack. Sprinkle the fried garlic and garlic oil over the top and garnish with some chopped bird's eye chillies and spring onions and we are ready to serve the dish.
This steamed chicken dish is best served with piping hot white rice. So Enjoy!
Instructions
Preparing Ingredients:
Cooking Steamed Chicken With Shiitake Mushroom:
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Notes
- Use dried shiitake mushrooms for this dish as it plays a significant role in giving the Unami flavour to the dish. Shiitake mushrooms develop a unique flavour when dried compared to fresh shiitake mushrooms.
- Squeeze out as much water as possible from the soaked shiitake mushrooms. Excess water will dilute the gravy formed during steaming.
- Arrange the chicken meat in a single layer to ensure even cooking.
- Adding a little cornstarch into the chicken meat when about to steam gives the chicken a smoother and velvety texture.