Braised chicken with chestnuts
Braised chicken with chestnuts
Ingredients
- 2 slices ginger
- 2 cloves garlic
- 400g chicken thigh
- 8 shitake mushrooms, rehydrated
- 1 cup chestnuts (100g, peeled)
- 1 tbsp Shao Xing wine
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 cup shitake mushroom soaking liquid
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2-3 scallions
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Method
- Heat olive oil in a medium sized pot then sauté garlic and ginger until fragrant.
- Add chicken to the pot and stir fry for 2 minutes.
- Add all the other ingredients and bring it to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot with a lid and allow it to simmer for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken is tender and chestnuts are cooked.
- Remember to stir occasionally.
- Serve hot with a bowl of rice.
Tips
If you are not able to get fresh chestnuts, you can also use frozen or canned chestnuts.Credit
Recipe developed by Sarah Leung and Amanda Wong for Nuts for Life.| Nutrients per serve | |
| Energy | 1,190kJ |
| Protein | 27.9g |
| Fat | 10.2g |
| Saturated fat | 2.2g |
| Carbohydrate | 16.6g |
| Sugars | 6.4g |
| Dietary fibre | 2.9g |
| Sodium | 1,049mg |
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