Steamed Chicken with Shallots

Name: Steamed Chicken with Shallots
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 Chicken thigh; 8 Shallots; 10 Red dates; Some ginger; Some shallot; Some Soy sauce; Some salt; Some Sugar; Some White pepper

by Lucy learns to cook

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

1h

Serving

2

Red onion (shallot, scientific name Allium ascalonicum L.), originated in Palestine, was introduced to Europe during the Crusades. Therefore, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom are all important producing areas of red onion. Red onion is also cultivated in Asia. Shallots are also one of the indispensable ingredients in Chinese cooking to increase aroma. After chopped up red onions and sautéed, it is called "Red Onion Crisp", which is used to stir-fry pork and increase aroma in soups. It is also a must-have ingredient for fried eggs and rice dumplings. Don't underestimate this little red onion, it's more fragrant than the garlic we usually cook! If it is added to chili sauce or used as a dish, it will increase the spicyness and aroma of the chili sauce! Red onion has a full fragrance, but the taste is milder than that of onion. It is often used for sautéing or making short onion crisps. The fragrance is irresistible. It can also be used as seasoning sauce and cold dishes. "

Ingredients

4 Chicken Thigh
8 Shallots
10 Red Dates
Some Ginger
Some Shallot
Some Soy Sauce
Some Salt
Some Sugar
Some White Pepper

Steamed Chicken with Shallots

1. Cut the chicken into pieces. If you don’t like the chicken skin, you can peel it off. Soak the red dates in water and soften them. Cut the ginger into thin strips and smash the shallots. Put it into the cut chicken. Add light soy sauce, cooking wine, white sugar, and white pepper. Mix and marinate evenly. spare.

2. Peel and cut the shallots, put them in a frying pan and sauté, then pour the oil and shallots into the above 1 and mix with the chicken, cover and marinate in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.

3. Boil water on high heat, add a spoonful of cornstarch to the marinated chicken before putting it in the steamer, and then put it in the steamer and steam it. Some comrades are very particular about steaming on a stainless steel plate. I put it in a bowl when I didn’t have it. However, the steaming time was a little longer. I steamed it on a high fire for 25 minutes. I turned it over with chopsticks in the middle. The chicken in the middle was not easy to cook. By the way, I also added some raw shallots to add some flavor.

4. After steaming, put some chopped green onions out of the pot.

Tips:
1. This dish can be made with whole chicken, of course the chicken thigh is more tender.

2. If you are afraid of greasy, you can peel the chicken.

3. I added red dates to the marinade to enrich the blood. Female compatriots eat well. You can also add wolfberry to the spleen, stomach, liver and kidney. It is a healthy vegetable.

4. If you don't have fresh shallots, you can also buy crispy shallots instead.