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Friday, February 24, 2012

Spring Chicken with Bamboo Shoots & Mushroom

Bought this spring chicken in wet market, buy 1 get 1 free! :D Therefore paid $6 for 2 chicks, expensive or not?? not sure 'cos this is the first time I buy this :P

The chicken looks really stuffed...hehehe managed to squeeze in all the ingredients!


After steaming for 2 hours...


Ingredient
  • 1 spring chicken
  • 150gm bamboo shoots, thinly sliced
  • 14 small dried shitake mushroom
  • 1 tbsp sliced ginger + 2 slice ginger
  • 2 tbsp abalone sauce
Method
  1. Soak dried mushroom in 1 cup water till softened. Retain liquid and slice mushroom (retained 4 unsliced) thinly.
  2. Place chicken in a casserole. Stuff bamboo shoots, mushroom and ginger into the chicken cavity.
  3. Dissolve abalone sauce in retained mushroom liquid. Pour over chicken. Add in 2 slice ginger and 4 mushroom at the side of the chicken.
  4. Steam over preheated steamer for 2 hours.
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4 comments:

  1. lishapisaFebruary 25, 2012 at 4:54 AM

    Fantastic! I love this and cant wait to make it. I recently made a dish very similiar to this but with boneless chicken thighs.
    I may try this with a cornish hen.
    Bet that sauce was amazing with rice or noodles!
    thank you!
    Lisa
    Cookng Sister
    Here sharing my version: http://cookng.blogspot.com/2012/02/drunken-chicken-with-shitaki-mushroom.html

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  2. WendyinKK February 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM

    Cheap or not? Dirt cheap la. Super cheap.
    I love this soup.

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  3. PengFebruary 25, 2012 at 11:40 AM

    lishapisa...yes today cook the soup with udon for my boy's lunch ^-*

    Wendy...lol

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  4. melonpanFebruary 25, 2012 at 8:15 PM

    that looks so tasty, a good chicken basic soup and great filling

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