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Country style steam chicken


This is one simple recipe of  steamed chicken dish which I'm sure many bloggers have blogged before.  Tasty yet easy and quick to prepare, this dish pairs very well with steamy hot white rice.









Recipe for Country style steam chicken

Ingredients
  • 400 gm free range chicken chopped to bite size
  • 8 dried Chinese mushrooms (soaked, stemmed and sliced)
  • 10 gm cloud ears/wan yee (soaked, stemmed and cut)
  • 1 knob ginger, pressed for juice
  • 2 tsp wolfberries
  • 8 red dates (seeded and sliced)


Seasoning
  • 2  tsp oyster sauce
  • 1  Tbsp Shaoxing wine
  • 1 tsp each of :  salt and sesame oil
  • 1/4  tsp sugar
  • 1/2  tsp light soya sauce
  • Chopped spring onions for garnishing
  • A dash of pepper

Preparation
  1. Marinate the chicken pieces with all the seasoning except  the wine.  
  2. Mix in the red dates, wolfberries,mushrooms, ginger juice and cloud ears.  Set aside for 2 hours. 
  3. Steam under rapidly boiling water for 20 mins. or till chicken is tender and cooked through.
  4. Test for taste, turn off heat and drizzle in the wine.
  5. Garnish with chopped spring onions and a dash of pepper.
  6. Serve immediately with white rice.


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Comments

  1. Cheah, Again you remind me of my "Popo". I really love this dish a lot especially with some Chinese mushrooms and "Gam Jum" (not sure is it called golden needle) :))

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  2. Wendy
    Looks like this is a family favourite.

    Anncoo
    Yes,my mum used to make this too. Many years ago it was the rage to have fresh'Gum Jum'in stir-fry. Fresh ones are available in Camerons, it's a flower, bright yellow in colour, just pluck it before it ripens. But now this dish has faded.

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  3. I follow many blogs and haven't seen many recepies with steamed chicken.Sounds great:)

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  4. This would be my favourite any time, especially for dinner. It's a long time I have not steamed chicken. Aways boil or baked. Have to do it one day.

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  5. I loves this dish, very appetizing. yum yum

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  6. I love this dish! I would have this with a condiment of sliced chili padi, soy sauce and a squeeze of lime juice! Sounds weird? But I love to dip the chicken in the soy sauce and top with the chili padi! :)

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  7. I don't cook this now because my boys are not so partial to steamed food:S even though I love it...don't know why their tastebuds are so different from mine! You cook this dish so well, love the look of it!

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  8. Dzoli
    Steamed chicken is quite common in Chinese cuisine. You may give it a try to see whether you like it.

    Penny
    Yes, comfort food.

    MaryMoh
    Yes, this is easy job and fuss free.

    Amelia
    Yes, yummy is the word!

    kitchen flavours
    Yes, sounds weird to me. I'd prefer your dip to go with poached chicken.

    Jeannie
    I think most boys do not like steamed dishes, fried would be their choice.

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  9. Cheah, have not make this for a very long time. What a great reminder. Thanks for sharing. Hope you're having a great week ahead.
    Kristy

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  10. One of my favorite ways to cook is to steam. Easily makes a delicious dish!

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  11. Sonia
    Yes, good with rice.

    Kristy
    Yes, sometimes the mind just go blank and do know what to cook.

    tigerfish
    Steaming is clean and easy.

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  12. Hi Auntie,

    I made this for dinner today. It was super yummy.
    Thanks for sharing.

    Aleena

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  13. Aleena
    So glad that you like it! Hope to see you more often.

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  14. Looks delicious. Will give it a try. Mum would have made this in my younger days.

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