Bamboo Tube Chicken
A Yunnan specialty: tender chicken is marinated with seasonings, stuffed into a bamboo tube, and roasted until cooked through.
Ingredients
tender chicken
1
ham slices
100 g
rehydrated shiitake mushrooms
50 g
bamboo shoot slices
50 g
scallion segments
20 g
ginger slices
20 g
salt
to taste
MSG
to taste
ground pepper
to taste
sugar
to taste
sweet and savory soy sauce
to taste
banana leaves (to seal the tube opening)
to taste
Instructions
1
Marinating
Place the chicken along with the liver, gizzard, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoot slices, ham, scallions, ginger, salt, MSG, ground pepper, sugar, and sweet-savory soy sauce into a bowl. Rub and toss well until the flavors are absorbed.
2
Roasting
Stuff the chicken liver, gizzard, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoot slices, and ham into the chicken cavity. Shape the chicken back into its original form, slide it into a bamboo tube, seal the opening tightly with banana leaves, and roast over the fire for 2 hours. Remove, transfer to a serving plate, and serve immediately.
