Lotus Flower Chicken
A traditional Hefei specialty made with chicken breast, pork fat, shrimp, and lotus flower petals.
Ingredients
chicken breast
100 g
pork fat
100 g
shrimp
100 g
skinless pork belly (diced)
50 g
cooked chicken (diced)
50 g
ham
50 g
rehydrated shiitake mushrooms
25 g
lotus petals
30 slices
egg whites
4
salt
7 g
MSG
3 g
dry starch
10 g
wet starch
5 g
chicken broth
200 g
rendered chicken fat
10 g
rendered pork lard
40 g
Instructions
1
Step 1
Cut the lean ham (25 g) into fine mince. Cut the cooked chicken, ham (25 g), pork belly, and shiitake mushrooms all into mung-bean-sized dice.
2
Step 2
Place a wok over high heat, add rendered pork lard (25 g) and heat until 50% hot. Add the pork belly dice and stir-fry until they change color, then add ham, shiitake mushrooms, and cooked chicken and stir to combine. Pour in chicken broth (50 g), salt (1.5 g), and cooking wine...
