1 chicken cut into 12-16 pieces or
2 chicken breasts cubed into 1"pieces
1 lb. chestnuts (fresh or dehydrated)
8 formosa black mushrooms,
soaked and deep steamed
3 tbl. ginger and garlic mix
2 scallions - 1" pieces
1 tbl. sugar
1/4 cup soy sauce
SAUCE:
1 cup broth
1 tbl. sesame oil
2 tbl. oyster sauce
1 tbl. Hunan sauce
NOTE: If using dehydrated chestnuts, soak over night, drain, then boil 1 hour, add the sugar last. Chestnuts can be purchased frozen and just have to be roasted 10 minutes before using.
NOTE: If using whole chicken, steam 20 minutes, pouring chicken marinade over chicken before steaming.
- Otherwise cut up chicken, marinate 15 minutes.
- Heat wok, add ginger, scallion, sugar. Then add chicken and mushrooms, soy. Mix well. Cover 2 minutes then add chestnuts. Cover, cook 20 minutes, low heat.
- Add sauce ingredients last 5 minutes. Serve with rice.