Home-style Big Plate Chicken
A Chinese recipe for homestyle big plate chicken (家常大盘鸡) made with three-yellow chicken, onion, potato, green pepper, and scallion.
Ingredients
three-yellow chicken
half
onion
1
potato
2
green pepper
2
scallion
to taste
garlic
to taste
ginger
to taste
red chili
to taste
Sichuan peppercorn
to taste
star anise
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Chop the chicken into pieces, wash, and set aside.
2
Step 2
Prepare all the required ingredients.
3
Step 3
Add cooking wine to the chicken pieces, blanch them, then rinse clean.
4
Step 4
Set aside the green peppers, potatoes, and onion.
5
Step 5
Cut the potatoes into large chunks and soak them in water.
6
Step 6
Cut the green peppers and onion into large chunks.
7
Step 7
Heat oil in a pan and add scallion, ginger, garlic, red chili, star anise, and Sichuan peppercorns; stir-fry until fragrant.
8
Step 8
Add the chicken pieces and stir-fry.
9
Step 9
Add doubanjiang (broad bean paste) and dark soy sauce along with regular soy sauce; stir-fry, then drizzle in some baijiu (white liquor) to remove any gamey odor and boost the aroma.
10
Step 10
Add hot water to just cover the chicken pieces, bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce to low and simmer gently for about 25 minutes.
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Step 11
When the chicken is about 80% cooked, add the potato chunks and continue cooking together.
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Step 12
Once the potatoes are tender, add the onion and green pepper, and season with salt.
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Step 13
A warming winter delicacy is ready to come out of the pot.
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Step 14
Home-style Big Plate Chicken, please enjoy.
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Step 15
Finished product photo.
