Steamed Crystal Chicken
A Cantonese dish featuring tender, aromatic meat with a light, delicate flavor.
Ingredients
chicken (whole, dressed)
1 (about 750 g)
lean pork
100 g
shrimp meat
150 g
diced ham
25 g
egg white
1
salt
to taste
Shaoxing wine
to taste
MSG
to taste
sesame oil
to taste
starch
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Wash the chicken, remove the bones, then peel off the chicken skin (keeping a thin layer of meat on the skin), and cut the skin into 24 round pieces about 3 cm in diameter. Slice the lean pork into 24 round pieces.
2
Step 2
Finely mince the chicken meat and shrimp meat. Add the egg white, Shaoxing wine, MSG, salt, and 10 g of the diced ham, and mix well to form a filling.
3
Step 3
Divide the filling into 24 equal portions and place one on each piece of chicken skin. Top each with a slice of lean pork and sprinkle the remaining diced ham on top. Steam in a steamer for about 12 minutes until cooked through. Pour the steaming juices into a pot, add MSG, salt, and sesame oil, thicken lightly with a starch slurry, and drizzle over the chicken to serve.
