Recipe: Appetizing Chinese Chicken Stew With Chestnuts

Chinese Chicken Stew With Chestnuts.

You can have Chinese Chicken Stew With Chestnuts using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chinese Chicken Stew With Chestnuts

1. It's 350 g of Chicken.
2. Prepare of Marinade;.
3. Prepare 1 Tbsp of Soy Sauce.
4. You need 1 Tbsp of Cooking Oil.
5. It's 20 g of Ginger (chopped roughly).
6. It's of For Braising;.
7. It's 20 g of Ginger (chopped roughly).
8. It's 20 g of Garlic (chopped roughly).
9. It's 2 Tbsp of Cooking Oil.
10. You need 3 Tbsp of Soy Sauce.
11. You need 100 g of Shitake Mushrooms (halved).
12. You need 100 g of Roasted and Peeled Chestnuts.
13. You need 1 cup of Chicken Stock.
14. It's 1 stalk of Spring Onions (chopped roughly).
15. Prepare 2 Tbsp of Palm Sugar (or Honey/White Sugar).
16. You need of Garnish;.
17. You need 1 stalk of Spring Onion (finely chopped).

Chinese Chicken Stew With Chestnuts instructions

1. Marinade the chicken in soy sauce, Ginger and oil for 30 minutes minimum..
2. When ready, heat 3 Tbsp of oil until hot and fry the ginger and spring onions until fragrant. Then add the chicken and cook until brown all over..
3. Then add the chicken stock, chestnuts, mushrooms, palm sugar and mix well. Cook them on medium to low heat and cover with a lid for 15 to 20 minutes. Check and stir the stew every 5 or 10 minutes..
4. After 20 minutes, remove the lid and cover time to cook until the sauce has reduce to half it's original volume. Check the doneness of the chicken and the taste of the stew..
5. Serve in a soup plate and garnish with spring onions..
6. NOTE; if you are using dried chestnuts, you'll need to soak them overnight and then cook them the next day..
7. Steam it for 20 to 30 minutes. Some people put sugar at the 20 minute mark; I don't think it's necessary but you can do it too..