Chicken Stew with Carrots and Lotus Root for Year's End
Rate this recipeThe last days of the year are chilly and full of the work left over from a long, hard year. Treat the whole family to warm, nourishing meals as you welcome the happy new year that's just around the corner!
Let's make a delicious, wholesome chicken stew with lotus root and carrots with VN Cooking.
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Ingredients
11
Time
60 minutes
Servings
4
Level
Medium
Ingredients
Chicken
1 whole
Lotus root
3 piece
Carrots
3 piece
Black beans
400 g
Jujubes (red dates)
75 g
Seasoning powder
2 tablespoon
Salt
2 teaspoon
Shallots
3 piece
Garlic
1 bulb
Sesame oil
3 tablespoon
Pepper
1 tablespoon
Implementation Steps
01
Wash the chicken thoroughly and chop it into pieces (you can also ask the seller to do this for you).
Finely mince the garlic, then marinate the chicken with it, 2 tablespoons of salt, 3 tablespoons of sesame oil and 1 tablespoon of pepper.
Let the chicken absorb the seasoning for about 30 minutes before stewing.
Finely mince the garlic, then marinate the chicken with it, 2 tablespoons of salt, 3 tablespoons of sesame oil and 1 tablespoon of pepper.
Let the chicken absorb the seasoning for about 30 minutes before stewing.
02
Wash the ingredients that will be stewed with the chicken, then prepare them as follows:
- Peel the lotus root and slice it into rounds.
- Cut the carrots into rounds, as you would for a meat stew.
- Rinse the black beans carefully to remove any dust.
- Rinse the jujubes in cold water, then soak them until they plump up.
- Peel the lotus root and slice it into rounds.
- Cut the carrots into rounds, as you would for a meat stew.
- Rinse the black beans carefully to remove any dust.
- Rinse the jujubes in cold water, then soak them until they plump up.
03
- Heat a large pan with a moderate layer of oil. When the oil is hot, add the chicken and toss so it firms up.
- Get a pressure cooker ready with about 4 bowls of water. Add the chicken and carrots first; after about 5 minutes, add the lotus root and black beans.
- After about 20 minutes of stewing, add the jujubes and season with 2 tablespoons of seasoning powder. Stew for a final 5 minutes or so.
Ta-da. All done.
- Get a pressure cooker ready with about 4 bowls of water. Add the chicken and carrots first; after about 5 minutes, add the lotus root and black beans.
- After about 20 minutes of stewing, add the jujubes and season with 2 tablespoons of seasoning powder. Stew for a final 5 minutes or so.
Ta-da. All done.
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Chicken Stew with Carrots and Lotus Root for Year's End