Braised Chicken with Chestnut 板栗焖鸡

If you always like to try making new dishes, you will soon realised that your pantry is filled with many ingredients that you had probably only used once or twice. Then, taking a look at the expiry date and with a cold sweat, you notice that it is approaching the end of its lifetime! Next, you will either put it back and let it rot on its own, or quickly sift through your recipe books to find a way to finish them up real quick!

This is happening to me now, having some leftover roasted chestnut from making dumpling (my last minute decision that left me with no more dried chestnut), I decided to add them to my braised chicken instead. Afterall, we seldom snack on chestnut and good food shouldn't go waste.

I am surprised at how it turned up. This simple dish is amazingly delicious and easy to make. It was a hit in my family and even my girl who usually couldn't finish the meat in her bowl requested for double portion of this chicken! Try this and I hope you will enjoy it too!

Braised Chicken with Chestnut

Ingredients

A

• 2 tbsp oil
• 5 cloves garlic, chopped
• 5 shallot, sliced
• 5 slices ginger

B

• 1/2 chicken
• 60g chestnut (I used roasted chestnut)
• 1 carrot
• 8 shitake mushroom

C

• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Shao Xing Wine / cooking wine
• 2 tbsp ABC Kicap Manis
• 1/8 tsp 5-spice powder

Other 

• 1 cup water

Cooking Directions

1. In a frying pan, heat up oil and stir fry garlic, shallot and ginger until fragrant.
2. Add in ingredients B and stir fry for a minute (if using roasted chestnut, you may add in later).
3. Add in ingredients C and stir fry for another 3-5 minutes.
4. Add water and cook until the sauce thicken.

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板栗焖鸡

主料

A

• 2大匙油
• 5瓣大蒜，切碎
• 5青葱，切片
• 5片姜

B

• 1/2只鸡
• 60克板栗 (我用包装烤过的板栗）
• 1条胡萝卜
• 8个香菇

C

• 蚝油1汤匙
• 2汤匙酱油
• 2汤匙绍兴酒/料酒
• 2汤匙ABC甜酱
• 1/8茶匙五香粉

其他

• 1杯水

做法

1. 取一个锅，烧热油，爆香大蒜，葱和姜。
2. 加入材料B翻炒一分钟 (如果使用烤过的板栗，可以在最后的步骤才加入）。
3. 再添加配料C，翻炒3-5分钟。
4. 加水，煮至汁浓绸。