Steamed Chicken with Mushrooms

Overview

Steamed chicken with mushrooms is a traditional Han Chinese dish in Sichuan Province and belongs to Sichuan cuisine. The main ingredients are chicken legs and mushrooms. The operation is simple, and steamed vegetables contain less fat than stir-fried vegetables and are healthier. The chicken in this dish is smooth and tender, paired with shiitake mushrooms. It is rich in nutrients, fragrant and has an endless aftertaste. It is very suitable for eating in the hot summer

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• maternity
• dinner with friends
• autumn recipes
• lunch
• chicken upper rib legs
• cooking wine
• coriander
• cornstarch
• dried shiitake mushrooms
• fermented bean curd juice
• light soy sauce
• mushroom sauce
• onions
• oyster sauce
• peanut oil
• white sugar
• ginger
• white pepper

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the dried mushrooms, add a little sugar and soak them in advance

   

2. 2 Soaked mushrooms, cut into evenly sized pieces, set aside

   

3. 3 Two chicken upper ribs, washed and set aside

   

4. 4 Cut the chicken upper ribs into evenly sized pieces. If there are any bone residue when chopping the chicken legs, try to pick them out to avoid accidentally hitting your teeth when eating

   

5. 5 Add a spoonful of light soy sauce, a spoonful of oyster sauce, an appropriate amount of cooking wine, a small amount of sugar, a little white pepper, half a spoonful of fermented bean curd juice, a little peanut oil, a spoonful of mushroom sauce to the chicken pieces, stir well, then add some water for soaking the mushrooms, a little cornstarch, and stir to make the paste

   

6. 6 Wash the green onion and cut into sections. Peel, wash and slice the ginger

   

7. 7 Add the ginger slices and green onion segments to the chicken pieces, stir evenly, and marinate for 20 minutes

   

8. 8 Add shiitake mushroom chunks to the marinated chicken pieces, stir evenly, and marinate for another 10 minutes

   

9. 9 Pour water into the steamer, cover the surface of the plate with plastic wrap, put it in the steamer, turn on high heat, and steam for 30 minutes

   

10. 10 Turn off the heat, remove the plastic wrap, sprinkle chopped coriander on the surface of the chicken pieces, and serve

    

11. 11 The finished product, the chicken is smooth and tender, the mushrooms are meaty, fragrant and nutritious