Steamed Chicken with Lotus Leaf

Name: Steamed Chicken with Lotus Leaf
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1/2 Chickens; 1 piece Lotus leaf; 1 tbsp oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 0.5 teaspoon Sugar; 2 teaspoons Soy sauce; 1 teaspoon Oyster sauce; 8g ginger; 5 pcs Red dates; 1 tbsp corn starch

by Jackey cat

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

30m

Serving

2

Cats often use dried lotus leaves to soak in water. It is said that drinking a cup a day can help reduce fat and weight. In fact, there is a particularly famous way to eat in Guangdong, steamed lotus leaves, fresh and plump chicken, which is steamed. , It retains its nutrients to the utmost extent, the meat is tender and delicious, the taste is mellow, and it is accompanied by the sweet fragrance of lotus leaves. It has the functions of invigorating deficiency, benefiting the five internal organs, strengthening bones and muscles, promoting blood circulation, resistance to cold and heat, heat-clearing method, etc.

Steamed Chicken with Lotus Leaf

1. Wash the chicken, drain the water, cut into pieces, add ginger slices

2. Add appropriate amount of salt, sugar, light soy sauce and oyster sauce, mix well and marinate for 10 minutes

3. Add appropriate amount of starch water and mix well

4. 1 tablespoon of edible oil, to seal off the moisture

5. Mix all well

6. The dried lotus leaves are soaked in clear water beforehand and placed in a bowl

7. Spread the chicken evenly on top

8. Wrap it well, after the water in the pot is boiled, put it in the steamer and steam for 20-30 minutes.

Tips:
1. Dried lotus leaves are sold in the areas selling dry goods in general large supermarkets, and we can see them everywhere in the non-staple food stores in the market.
2. When putting the chicken in the lotus leaf, try to spread the chicken evenly.
3. Dried lotus leaves can also be cut into small sections to cook porridge, which will not only remove the fire and fragrant, but also reduce fat and weight loss.