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China • Poultry

Chestnut Chicken

Chestnut Chicken Recipe (with pictures and 11 steps). Wash the chicken and chestnuts.

Savory
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Chestnut Chicken
Step photograph from the user-provided xiangha.csv; the original author was not supplied.

Method

  1. 01

    Step 1

    Wash the chicken and chestnuts.

    Step 1
  2. 02

    Step 2

    Only the chicken legs, wings, drumsticks, feet, head, and carcass are needed for making soup.

    Step 2
  3. 03

    Step 3

    Heat oil in a pan and sauté chicken legs and other ingredients until fragrant.

    Step 3
  4. 04

    Step 4

    After stir-frying until the moisture evaporates, add cooking wine to remove the fishy smell.

    Step 4
  5. 05

    Step 5

    Add boiling water to cover the chicken.

    Step 5
  6. 06

    Step 6

    Skim off the foam

    Step 6
  7. 07

    Step 7

    After boiling for ten minutes, add chestnuts and a suitable amount of salt, then simmer over medium heat.

    Step 7
  8. 08

    Step 8

    Mix light soy sauce, cornstarch, and water to make a sauce. When the chicken and sauce have almost cooked through, pour the sauce over high heat and reduce it until thickened.

    Step 8
  9. 09

    Step 9

    Remove from heat, blanch carrots and okra, then slice and garnish.

    Step 9
  10. 10

    Step 10

    Serve with a bowl of sweet potato and carrot rice

    Step 10
  11. 11

    Step 11

    So delicious you can't stop eating!

    Step 11

Nutrition

Nutrition has not been calculated for this recipe.

Source: User-provided xiangha.csv