Chinese chicken with shiitake and wood ear mushrooms

Name: Chinese chicken with shiitake and wood ear mushrooms
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese recipes
Ingredients: 4 dried shiitake mushrooms; 10g dried wood ear mushrooms (also known as cloud ear mushrooms or black fungus – see Know-how); 500g skinless free-range chicken thigh fillets, chopped into bite-size pieces; 3 slices peeled ginger, cut into matchsticks; 6 fresh shiitake mushrooms; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; ½ tsp dark soy sauce; ½ tsp sesame oil; 1 tbsp shaoxing wine; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; ½ tsp salt; ¼ tsp ground white pepper; Pinch sugar; 1 tsp cornflour; 2 spring onions, finely sliced; Cooked long-grain rice to serve

By: Yvonne Poon

Published: 25 Apr 24
Updated: 30 Apr 24

Test kitchen approved

Steaming is a seriously underrated cooking technique in the UK – but in the majority of homes across huge swathes of China it’s the go-to method. This recipe from Yvonne Poon proves why it’s so good: chicken that’s beautifully plump and flavourful with mushrooms to soak up all the wonderful marinade.

Serves 4
Hands-on time 10 min, plus rehydrating, steaming time 40 min

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Ingredients

4 dried shiitake mushrooms
10g dried wood ear mushrooms (also known as cloud ear mushrooms or black fungus – see Know-how)
500g skinless free-range chicken thigh fillets, chopped into bite-size pieces
3 slices peeled ginger, cut into matchsticks
6 fresh shiitake mushrooms
1 tbsp light soy sauce
½ tsp dark soy sauce
½ tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp shaoxing wine
1 tbsp oyster sauce
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp ground white pepper
Pinch sugar
1 tsp cornflour
2 spring onions, finely sliced
Cooked long-grain rice to serve

Method

Put the dried shiitake and wood ear mushrooms in a large heatproof bowl. Cover with boiling water, then cover and set aside to rehydrate for 20 minutes.
Put the chicken in a large bowl and add the rest of the ingredients (apart from the spring onions and cooked rice). Mix well and leave to marinate while the mushrooms finish rehydrating.
Squeeze the mushrooms to remove excess water, then pour 4 tbsp of the soaking liquid over the chicken mixture. Slice the mushrooms into bite-size pieces and mix into the chicken.
Set a large steamer over a pan of simmering water. Transfer the chicken mixture to a wide shallow bowl that fits inside the steamer, then steam for 35 minutes. Sprinkle over the chopped spring onions, then steam for a further 5 minutes. Serve with rice.

Recipe from April 2024 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 289kcals
Fat: 12g (3.7g saturated)
Protein: 34g
Carbohydrates: 8.8g (5.9g sugars)
Fibre: 1.6g
Salt: 2g

delicious. tips

If you happen to have a steam oven, this dish is perfect for it.
Buy wood ear mushrooms from online suppliers such as souschef.co.uk or Asian supermarkets.

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