Braised Chestnut Chicken Recipe
Braised Chestnut Chicken will be loved by all. Try making this amazingly delicious Braised Chestnut Chicken Chinese recipe at home. Do tell me if you liked it!
Ingredients
6 dried black mushrooms
30 chestnuts
2 pounds chicken legs
2 or 3 sets chicken giblets
2 slices fresh ginger root
2 to 3 tablespoons oil
2 cups water
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons sherry
1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
1. Soak dried mushrooms. Shell chestnuts 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 heavv 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.
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 heavv 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.
