Post dated series: Herbal Chicken

Don’t know how I got the instinct to make this dish and it is a very very simple. Furthermore, its ‘growing mushroom’ in my pendrive for months liao….. I think it’s time to clear all the previous recipes before I proceed to the new ones. U know lar… keep too long will become ‘basi’ one……






Ingredients
Chicken thigh, ginger slices, wolfberries, red dates, dried longans, yuk chok, dang shen, chinese cooking wine/dom, dried sotongs (cut into strips), water and a bottle of chicken essence.
Salt and pepper to taste

Methods
Blanch the chicken thigh and set aside
Put all the ingredients (accept essence of chicken and wine) and chicken thigh in a boiling water for approx. 15mins
Place the chicken and the rest of the ingredients in a big size bowl and cover with aluminum foil.Steam for 30-45mins
To ensure the essence of chicken is hot/warm presoaked it in a hot water (like what our mums always do)
Pour in the essence of chicken and wine before serving, serve hot