Steamed Chinese Herbal Chicken

5.0 from 6 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Chinese

Ingredients: Chicken

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 30 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 8-10 chicken drumsticks
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 3 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
• 2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 5 dried shiitake mushrooms (Chinese: 香菇 - xiang gu)
• 8 cloves garlic, peeled and bruised
• 2 inch ginger, thinly sliced
• 20 gram codonopsis root (Chinese: 党参 - dang shen ), cut into 2" pieces
• 20 gram angelica root (Chinese: 当归 - dang gui), cut into 4-8 pieces
• 5 gram American (yellow) ginseng (Chinese: 花旗参 - hua qi shen)
• 10 gram goji berries (Chinese: 枸杞 - gou qi)
• 16 red dates/jujube (Chinese: 红枣 - hong zao)

Instructions

1. Marinate drumsticks with soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, sesame oil, sugar, and ground white pepper for 2 hours. You can marinate chicken in steamed proof dish.
2. Rehydrate shiitake in hot water until soft. Remove steam, and cut into thin slices.
3. Prepare a steamer on medium-high heat.
4. Once the chicken is ready to be steamed, add thinly sliced shiitake, garlic, ginger, and all the Chinese herbs. Cover the steamed proof dish with aluminum foil, and steam for 50 minutes.