Post by SeaDragon on Dec 30, 2017 10:18:51 GMT 10
Herbal Chicken Thighs 药材鸡腿
Recipe from Kitchen Notes on Fenying's radio program, Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Ingredients:
8 chicken thighs 鸡腿 (or chicken marylands *)
Marinade:
2 tbsp ginger juice 姜汁
2 tbsp hua diao jiu 花雕酒 (shaoxing wine)
1 tbsp sesame oil 麻油
2 tbsp oyster sauce 蚝油
1 tbsp sugar 糖
½ tsp ground pepper 胡椒粉
Herbal 药材:
32 pcs dang gui 当归 (dried Angelica sinensis)
24 pcs chuan gong 川芎 (dried Ligusticum wallichii)
40 red dates 红枣 (jujube, Ziziphus jujuba)
8 tsp qi zi 枸杞子 (goji berries)
Method:
1. Mix chicken thighs with marinade, season for 4 hours.
2. For each chicken thigh: use 2 aluminium foils stack together, put in 4 pcs dang gui, 3 pcs chuan gong, 5 red dates, 1 tsp qi zi, add in 1 chicken thigh and wrap up the foils.
3. Steam with high heat for 30 mins.
* a butcher's cut for a whole leg consisting of the thigh and drumstick.