Calla Lily Recipes 食譜篇 - 好事發財 (GOOD RETURNS ON YOUR PLATTER)

好事發財 (GOOD RETURNS ON YOUR PLATTER)

Ingredients :-

3 whole chicken legs, chopped into bite-sized pieces

2 tablespoons oil

4 slices ginger

2 cloves garlic, crushed

4 dried oysters, rinsed and soaked for 5 mins

6 dried chinese mushrooms, soaked to soften

2 stalks spring onion, sliced

½ teaspoon of black hair moss (fatt choy), soaked to soften and drained

SEASONING

1 tablespoon light soy sauce

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

1 teaspoon chinese rice wine

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1 teaspoon cornflour

¼ teaspoon pepper

½ teaspoon sugar

Thick soy sauce, for colour

SAUCE (COMBINED)

1¼ cups fresh chicken stock

1 teaspoon light soy sauce

½ teaspoon chinese rice wine

½ teaspoon sugar

¼ teaspoon salt, or to tase

¼ teaspoon pepper

1. Place chicken in mixing bowl and marinate with seasoning ingredients for about 30 mins.

2. Heat oil in a wok over medium fire and lightly brown ginger and garlic until fragrant, about a minute. Add marinated chicken, dried oysters and mushrooms. Fry for 5 mins.

3. Add combined sauce ingredients and sliced spring onion. Turn up fire and bring to a boil. Turn fire down to low and simmer, covered, for 20 mins. Add black hair moss and continue to simmer until chicken is tender and sauce is fairly thick, about 8-10 mins.

ADD-ON EXTRA : 400g sea-cucumber (rinsed and sliced into 2cm thick slices).

Instructions : Add sea-cucumber with combined sauce ingredients and sliced spring onion in Step 3.