| Chinese name: 香菇炖鸡 (xiāng gū dùn jī) Style: Jiangsu Cuisine Characteristics: Stewed Chicken with Mushroom is characterized by smooth and tender chicken and its clear and fresh soup. Stewed Chicken with Mushroom is famous for its fresh and delicious taste, and especially for its rich nutrition. It is commonly thought to preserve health. It can also help ease cold symptoms and improve your immunity. |  |
| Ingredients: 1/2 small chicken, 500 g fresh mushrooms, 100 g bamboo shoot (or carrot), 50 g Preparation: A. Clean and cut the chicken into chunks. Place on a plate. B. Clean the mushrooms. Cut some patterns on the top with a kitchen knife to make it beautiful. Place on a plate. C. Clean and cut the bamboo shoots into thin slices. Place on a plate. |  |
| Seasonings: green onion sections ginger slices dry chili peppers salt chicken essence (chicken stock/bouillon) cooking wine Note: the amount of the seasonings listed above can be appropriately used according to one's personal taste. |  |
Methods: | Step 1: Fill a wok half-full of water and bring to a boil. Pour in the chicken chunks. Add in half of the green onion sections, ginger slices, dry chili peppers, and coooking wine. Boil for 2-3 minutes until chicken turns white. Turn off the heat and pick them out of the wok, removing excess water through a colander. |
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| Empty the wok and fill one and a half bowls of water again. Turn on the heat and pour in the boiled chicken chunks. Add in the leftover green onion sections, ginger slices and dry chili peppers, and the cooking wine, salt, and chicken essence. Cover and stew it for 30-40 minutes over medium heat until the chicken turns soft. Add in the bamboo shoots slices and the mushrooms. Stew for another 10-20 minutes. |
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| Remove from heat and ladle into a soup bowl. Stewed Chicken with Mushroom is ready! |
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On Sep. 20, 2011, Mr. Mark Stephen Graveline, Ms. Theresa Ella Graveline & Mr. Carl Leon Graveline joined our family visit tour in Xian. Thanks to the kindness of the hostess and the good interpretation of our guide, they had a wonderful time in the family through learning to cook Pan Fried Dumplings (Guo Tie) and Stewed Chicken with Mushroom.
Our Guests in a Local Chinese Family
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On Aug. 10, 2010, Mr. Nenad Car, Ms. Natasa Sgardelli Car & Mr. Eugen Car paid a private family visit to a personal apartment of a typical family when joining our tour package in Xian. They were very impressed by such special service especially the cooking class by the hostess. Although they learned to cook three dishes - Chinese dumplings, Braised Beef Fillet with Scallion & Stewed Chicken with Mushroom at a time, the hostess showed much enthusiasm and patience all the time.
Our Guest Learning to Make Dumplings
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