Simmered Chestnuts, Chicken & Shiitake
Simmered Chestnuts, Chicken & Shiitake

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, simmered chestnuts, chicken & shiitake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

One method involves simmering a chicken carcass with vegetables. The other methods require sautéing chopped pieces of backs and wings first, before simmering with water and veggies. Classic Chinese braised chicken with chestnut.

Simmered Chestnuts, Chicken & Shiitake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Simmered Chestnuts, Chicken & Shiitake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have simmered chestnuts, chicken & shiitake using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Simmered Chestnuts, Chicken & Shiitake:
  1. Make ready 300 g Chicken Thigh Fillets *cut into 3-4cm size
  2. Make ready 1 tablespoon Oil
  3. Make ready 1 pinch Salt
  4. Get 1 Carrot *optional, cut into small pieces
  5. Make ready 6-8 Dry Whole Shiitake
  6. Take 400 g skinned Chestnuts *Today I used Frozen Skinned Chestnuts
  7. Make ready <Sauce>
  8. Make ready 1 cup Dashi Stock *OR 1 cup Water & 1/2 teaspoon Dashi Powder
  9. Take *You can use the Water that is used to soak Shiitake
  10. Get 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
  11. Make ready 2 tablespoons Mirin
  12. Make ready 1 tablespoon Sugar

The Best Simmered Chicken Breasts Recipes on Yummly Stir in chestnuts and remaining stock and return chicken to skillet. Typically chicken and root vegetables are sautéd in oil first, then they are simmered in umami-rich dashi broth and seasonings until ingredients are tender and all the flavors are absorbed. Cover the pot and lower the heat slightly so it stays at a pretty rapid simmer.

Steps to make Simmered Chestnuts, Chicken & Shiitake:
  1. Clean and wash Shiitake, then Soak in plenty of water for 1-2 hours at least, or until completely softened. Drain but save the water if you use it for cooking. Wash them well again and cut in half.
  2. Shell and skin the Chestnuts. Keep the skinned Chestnuts in water while you are working. *Note: Today I used Frozen Skinned Chestnuts, which are ready to use.
  3. Heat Oil in a pot over medium heat, cook Chicken pieces until slightly browned, lightly season with a pinch Salt.
  4. Add Carrot and Shiitake, stir-fry for a few minutes, then add the all the sauce ingredients. Add skinned Chestnuts, cover with a sheet of baking paper, and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
  5. Remove the baking paper, increase the heat and cook, gently tossing occasionally, until the sauce is almost gone.

Try this Chicken Simmered in Smen recipe, or contribute your own. *See "Basic Method for Preparing Poultry" recipe. Chestnut puree comes both sweetened and unsweetened varieties. If you wasted to make a sweetened puree you could just add sugar or some other sweetener such as maple syrup or honey, etc. Enjoy this heartier version with chicken. Bring one of Japan's favourite simmered dishes into your home with this simmered chicken and vegetables (or chikuzen ni) recipe.

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