Today I will share a recipe for yellow braised chicken. This is a very popular Chinese dish, the chicken is tender and delicious. The main ingredient of this dish is chicken thigh meat, braised with green peppers, shiitake mushrooms, etc. Today I will teach you how to cook yellow braised chicken at home. Check out the cooking steps of this homemade braised chicken recipe below.
Cooking steps:
1. Pour the chicken thighs in the pot cook for 5 minutes. Take it out and set aside.
2. Pour the mushrooms cook until soft.
3. Cut the shiitake mushrooms in half and slice the green peppers.
4. Prepare leek, ginger, star anise, peppercorns, garlic and dried chilies. If the soybean paste is dry, add a little water to dilute it, so that the soybean paste will not stick to the pan when it is fried.
5. Add oil to the pot and add all the above spices. Pour the soy bean paste over low heat and sauté the sauce flavor.
6. Pour in chicken thigh pieces and stir-fry with mushrooms, pour in cooking wine and light soy sauce.
7. Add hot water, just enough to submerge the chicken pieces. Add sugar, boil over high heat, turn to low heat and cook for 20-30 minutes.
8. When a little soup is left, add salt and green pepper pieces. Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
Braised Chicken with Mushrooms and Green Peppers
Ingredients
- 2 chicken thighs
- 500 g shiitake mushrooms
- 2 green peppers
- 100 g soy bean paste
- 1 ginger
- 1 leek
- 2 cloves garlic
- 10 peppercorns
- 1 star anise
- 3 dried chilies
- 1 tbsp cooking wine
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- ½ tbsp sugar
Instructions
- 1. Pour the chicken thighs in the pot cook for 5 minutes. Take it out and set aside.
2. Pour the mushrooms cook until soft.
3. Cut the shiitake mushrooms in half and slice the green peppers.
4. Prepare leek, ginger, star anise, peppercorns, garlic and dried chilies. If the soybean paste is dry, add a little water to dilute it, so that the soybean paste will not stick to the pan when it is fried.
5. Add oil to the pot and add all the above spices. Pour the soy bean paste over low heat and sauté the sauce flavor.
6. Pour in chicken thigh pieces and stir-fry with mushrooms, pour in cooking wine and light soy sauce.
7. Add hot water, just enough to submerge the chicken pieces. Add sugar, boil over high heat, turn to low heat and cook for 20-30 minutes.
8. When a little soup is left, add salt and green pepper pieces. Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
