Chinese chicken with shiitake and wood ear mushrooms
- Published: 25 Apr 24
- Updated: 30 Apr 24
Steaming is a seriously underrated cooking technique in the UK – but in the majority of homes across huge swathes of China it’s the go-to method. This recipe from Yvonne Poon proves why it’s so good: chicken that’s beautifully plump and flavourful with mushrooms to soak up all the wonderful marinade.
Ingredients
- 4 dried shiitake mushrooms
- 10g dried wood ear mushrooms (also known as cloud ear mushrooms or black fungus – see Know-how)
- 500g skinless free-range chicken thigh fillets, chopped into bite-size pieces
- 3 slices peeled ginger, cut into matchsticks
- 6 fresh shiitake mushrooms
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- ½ tsp dark soy sauce
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground white pepper
- Pinch sugar
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- Cooked long-grain rice to serve
Method
- Put the dried shiitake and wood ear mushrooms in a large heatproof bowl. Cover with boiling water, then cover and set aside to rehydrate for 20 minutes.
- Put the chicken in a large bowl and add the rest of the ingredients (apart from the spring onions and cooked rice). Mix well and leave to marinate while the mushrooms finish rehydrating.
- Squeeze the mushrooms to remove excess water, then pour 4 tbsp of the soaking liquid over the chicken mixture. Slice the mushrooms into bite-size pieces and mix into the chicken.
- Set a large steamer over a pan of simmering water. Transfer the chicken mixture to a wide shallow bowl that fits inside the steamer, then steam for 35 minutes. Sprinkle over the chopped spring onions, then steam for a further 5 minutes. Serve with rice.
- Recipe from April 2024 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 289kcals
- Fat
- 12g (3.7g saturated)
- Protein
- 34g
- Carbohydrates
- 8.8g (5.9g sugars)
- Fibre
- 1.6g
- Salt
- 2g
delicious. tips
If you happen to have a steam oven, this dish is perfect for it.
Buy wood ear mushrooms from online suppliers such as souschef.co.uk or Asian supermarkets.
Buy ingredients online
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