Beggar's Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• 2 lotus leaves
• Pork belly 100g
• 5 shiitake mushrooms
• diced bamboo shoots 50g
• Glutinous rice 100g
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• Cooking wine 2 spoons
• Salt as appropriate
• 1 piece of tin foil

Cooking Steps

1. 1. Wash and cut the chicken into pieces, add cooking wine and a little soy sauce and marinate for 15 minutes
2. 2. Pour an appropriate amount of cooking oil into the pot and heat it to 70% heat.
3. 3. Add chicken and stir-fry quickly over high heat until it changes color.
4. 4. Add mushrooms and diced bamboo shoots and continue frying until cooked
5. 5. Add soy sauce, cooking wine and salt to taste, stir well over high heat and serve.
6. 6. Remove from the pot and plate

Cultural Tips

Beggar's Chicken embodies the culinary essence of Chinese cuisine. Chinese food culture has a long history in China. People are very particular about the selection of ingredients and the control of heat. The beggar's chicken is the epitome of this ingenuity.