Name: Mushroom Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups Chinese dry black mushroom ((medium size)); 4 pieces Chicken quart legs; 4-6 slices Ginger; 4 cloves Garlic; Rock sugar a small piece ((around 1/2 tablespoon sugar)); 4 tablespoons Oysters sauce; 1/2 teaspoon Salt; 1 tablespoon Soy sauce; 1 1/2 cups Water; 1 teaspoon Sesame oil

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Mushroom Chicken

Chinese mushroom chicken is a classic Chinese dish. Normally, it uses black dry Chinese mushrooms. Most of time, you can buy and find dry Chinese mushrooms at Asian grocery stores. Then, the next question is how to prepare dry Chinese mushrooms? Often, Chinese mushrooms are in dry form. Therefore, it requires washing and soaking in water few hours before using. In order to have the best result and can cook through the mushrooms, soaking them overnight is recommended.

Also, Chinese mushroom chicken dish is the best to go with rice. Not only it’s a simple and easy fix dinner but also tastes fantastic. Some people like to add soaked mushroom liquid when they cook mushroom chicken dish. However, personally I don’t like that idea because the liquid is too strong and doesn’t taste good. Hence, try to squeeze or remove excess water from soaking the mushrooms, so the mushrooms can absorb the sauce when cooking with chicken. Besides, I like to use medium size mushrooms because it doesn’t take too long to soak them. And, the best to use chicken thighs or quarter legs with bones in because it has more flavor and tastes even better.

Ingredients:

Chinese dry black mushroom (medium size) 2 cups
Chicken quart legs 4
Ginger 4-6 slices
Garlic 4 cloves
Rock sugar a small piece (around 1/2 tablespoon sugar)
Oysters sauce 4 tablespoons
Salt 1/2 teaspoon
Soy sauce 1 tablespoon
Water 1 1/2 cups
Sesame oil 1 teaspoon

dry black Chinese mushrooms

Instructions:

1. Wash and soak the Chinese black mushroom 4-6 hours before use. The best is overnight.
2. Squeeze the mushrooms and remove excess water from soaking the mushrooms
3. Chop chicken into chunks and remove skin. Then, wash them to remove extra piece of bones from chopping the chicken
4. Add sesame oil into a non-stick pot turn on fire to medium high then add garlic and ginger. Stir it for a minute.
5. Add chicken, soaked mushrooms, salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, water and stir them. Turn the fire to medium low cover lid and let it cook for 20-30minutes until the chicken is cooked.

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