Saturday, April 9, 2011

Recipe for “Chicken with Shiitake Mushrooms”

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This is one of my all-time favourite dishes. I cooked this dish several times on my own before. You can also just cook the whole mushroom after you cleaned it but it takes longer to cook, maybe another 15-25 mins, it also depends on how big are the mushrooms. The full-sized mushrooms are more juicy. Shiitake mushroom is good for health--boost ups the immune system and it also has antioxidants.

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

  • 4 Dried Shiitake Mushrooms or Chinese mushrooms
  • 2 Chicken Thighs
  • 3 cloves of garlic, chopped them to small pieces
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, you can use 1 teaspoon of salt if you do not have soy sauce, adjust to suit your own taste
  • 1/4 cup of water
  • 1 or 2 spring onions to garnish (optional)

Cooking Instructions:
1. Place mushrooms in a small bowl, add enough hot water to cover them and soak for 15 minutes. This is to make sure the dirt in the mushrooms are clean away. Drain the hot water, wash the mushrooms and cut into shredded pieces.

2. Take the chicken thighs' skin off and cut the meat into bite-sized pieces.Heat the oil in a medium saucepan or wok over medium-high heat. Stir-fry the garlic for 30 seconds, then put in the mushrooms and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes.Then add the chicken and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes on each side until lightly brown.

3. Add the water, reduce heat to medium and then simmer for 10 minutes. Add the water, reduce heat to medium and then simmer for 10 minutes.

4. Finally, add soy sauce or salt and stir-fry for another 1 minute and serve the dish with some spring onions on top as garnish

P/S: For more delicious, healthy, easy, quick recipes, please refer to the archive section.

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