Lotus Leaf Steamed Chicken

Name: Lotus Leaf Steamed Chicken
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Hot Dishes

Chicken pieces are marinated with ginger, garlic and fermented seasonings, wrapped in fresh lotus leaves and steamed. The parcel traps steam and fragrance, yielding succulent meat perfumed with a gentle tea-like aroma from the leaf.

30 minNewEasy Hot Dishes Steam Savory & Fragrant

Instructions

1
Half a chicken.
2
Cut into pieces.
3
Prepare shiitake mushrooms, cordyceps flowers, and red dates.
4
A suitable amount of shredded ginger and scallions.
5
Pour all the ingredients together.
6
Add salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce, pepper, and cornstarch, and mix evenly. Finally, drizzle in peanut oil to lock in the moisture, and marinate for half an hour.
7
Put the lotus leaves in the pot and boil for 10 minutes, so that the leaves become soft and also serve the purpose of high-temperature sterilization.
8
Spread the lotus leaf.
9
Put the marinated chicken into the lotus leaf.
10
Wrap it up and put it in the steamer.
11
Steam for 30 minutes.
12
Time's up.
13
Finished product. Steamed chicken with lotus leaves, fresh, fragrant, tender and smooth, also carrying the fresh fragrance of the lotus leaves.