Chinese Chicken & Mushroom. Chinese-style ingredients like almonds, water chestnuts, mushrooms, celery and chow mein noodles combine with a creamy broth, soup and milk mixture - and chicken, of course - to form this casserole. The name comes from the fact that people who have it seem to be pleasantly surprised and wonder what is in it. Traditionally, Chinese chefs wrap the chicken with lotus leaves and sear it in clay, then bake it for a few hours. Chinese Chicken & Mushroom

You can have Chinese Chicken & Mushroom using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chinese Chicken & Mushroom
  1. It’s 500 g of Diced Chicken (or Beef).
  2. You need 30 ml of Sunflower Oil.
  3. You need 15 ml of Sesame Oil.
  4. It’s 1 of Onion, finely diced.
  5. It’s 250 g of Chestnut Mushrooms (Chopped).
  6. You need 1/2 of Bulb Garlic (Crushed).
  7. Prepare 1 inch of fresh Ginger peeled and finely chopped/minced.
  8. You need 200 g of Tenderstem Broccoli Heads only, or 100g if using stalk too.
  9. It’s 75 g of Sugarsnap Peas (each cut into 3).
  10. Prepare 300 ml of Chicken Stock.
  11. Prepare 30 ml of Soy Sauce.
  12. You need 2 tsp of natural Maple Syrup (or alternative sweetener of choice).
  13. It’s 3 tsp of Red Wine Vinegar.
  14. It’s 1/2 of Red Pepper.
  15. Prepare 1/2 of Medium Chilli (finely chopped).
  16. You need 200 ml of Cold Water.
  17. Prepare 2 Tbsp of Cornflour.
  18. You need Knob of Butter.

Think chilli chicken, dimsums, spring rolls, and chowmein. How we have loved our plateful of these mind-numbing delights hailing from the neighboring country, these loved. This classic Chinese dish typically consists of an entire chicken and a cup each of three essential Chinese condiments: rice wine, light soy sauce and toasted sesame oil (thus the "three cup" name). Here, Ching uses just a pound of chicken thigh meat, so only a quarter cup of each ingredient is required.

Chinese Chicken & Mushroom step by step

  1. Gently fry together the Chicken and Onions in the Oil until cooked and lightly browned..

  2. Add Mushrooms & Ginger, fry for a further 2 mins.

  3. Add Stock and Garlic..

  4. Add Soy Sauce, Maple Syrup (or sweetener of choice), Vinegar, Red Pepper & Chilli. Gently simmer..

  5. Meanwhile, Blanch/Par-boil Broccoli & Sugarsnap Peas.

  6. Add strained Peas and Broccoli..

  7. Combine Cold Water with Cornflour and stir in to the other ingredients. Remove from heat when thickened and stir in the butter to add shine..

  8. Serve with Rice or Noodles of your choice (I always use the brown rice varieties)..

  9. For future recipes, you can play about with the ingredients and create your own unique dish according to your own personal preference! Possibly adjusting the quantity of Chilli, Garlic, Syrup, Vinegar, Salt, Pepper etc..

  10. I don't eat sugar if I can help it but if eating sugar doesn't bother you, you can replace the Maple Syrup with 25g sugar.

The key to this simple yet delicious roast chicken recipe lies in the five-spice powder. I was inspired to make this dish because I was walking around the city with Sierra and saw a restaurant advertising their five-spice chicken. This recipe is healthier because the chicken is stir-fried rather than deep-fried, reducing the fat content. The recipe includes red chili peppers and Szechuan peppercorns to give it a nice spice. Make award winning Chinese chicken with this easy to follow recipe.