Main Ingredients:
Half a Huxi chicken; 100g chestnuts.
Auxiliary Ingredients:
Ginger slices, garlic.
Seasonings:
Cooking wine, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, brown sugar.
Taste: Light; Cooking Method: Braised; Time: 20 minutes; Difficulty: Ordinary.
Steps for Cooking Chestnut Braised Chicken
Wash the chicken and drain the blood.
You can buy peeled chestnuts, it’s too tiring to peel them yourself.
Heat the oil in a pan, add ginger slices and garlic, and stir-fry until fragrant.
Add the chicken pieces and stir-fry until the water is dry.
After stir-frying the chicken pieces, add the chestnuts.
Add brown sugar, cooking wine, and continue stir-frying.
Add brown sugar, cooking wine, oyster sauce, and continue stir-frying.
After stir-frying the sugar color, add water and braise the chicken.
Braise over medium heat for 10 minutes, add a little light soy sauce. Salt can be omitted, as a light taste can better highlight the freshness of the chicken.
