Sizzling Oyster Sauce Chestnut Chicken
A Shandong dish: chicken pieces are briefly deep-fried, then braised together with fried chestnuts, thickened with cornstarch, drizzled with sesame oil, and served on a hot iron plate. The dish has a glossy red color, a slightly sweet taste, and a rich oyster sauce flavor.
Ingredients
Cleaned chicken (cut into 4cm cubes, marinated in soy sauce)
As needed
Shelled chestnuts (cooked chestnuts fried until golden)
As needed
Oyster sauce (for seasoning)
As needed
Soy sauce (for marinating and seasoning)
As needed
Green onion (cut into sections)
As needed
Ginger (sliced)
As needed
Cooking wine (for seasoning)
As needed
White sugar (for seasoning)
As needed
MSG (for seasoning)
As needed
Starch (for thickening)
As needed
Sesame oil (drizzled at the end)
As needed
Instructions
1
Prepare chicken pieces
Cut the chicken into 4cm cubes, marinate in soy sauce, then blanch in hot oil and set aside
2
Fry chestnuts
Fry the cooked chestnuts until golden and remove
3
Braising
Place the chicken pieces and chestnuts together in a pot, add sugar, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and cooking wine, simmer on low heat until tender
4
Thicken and serve
When the sauce is reduced to 1/4, thicken with starch, drizzle with sesame oil, and pour onto a preheated iron plate to serve
