Steamed Chicken with Cordyceps & Black Goji 黑枸杞蟲草花蒸雞
Steamed Chicken with Cordyceps Mushrooms and Black Goji 黑枸杞蟲草花蒸雞 is a straightforward and juicy dish. This Traditional Chinese Medicine recipe boosts the immune system, and succulent, tender chicken meat is perfect in the winter. It is easy to cook a one-pot rice cooker meal or steamed stovetop for 30 minutes.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 100g Cordyceps Flowers
- 50g Black Goji Berries
- 3 Fresh Ginger, julienne or sliced
- 1 lbs Taiwanese Chicken, opt for a whole chicken, chicken wings, or chicken thigh cut into small pieces
- 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
- 1 tsp Ground White Pepper Powder
- 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp Shaoxing Wine (Chinese rice wine)
- 2 tsp Oyster Sauce
- Kosher Salt To Taste
- 5-6 Chinese Mushrooms (dried shiitake mushrooms)
- Cilantro, for garnish
- Fresh Green Onions, for garnish
- 100g Black Fungus
Instructions
- 1
Pick off the roots of the cordyceps flowers.
- 2
Give the mushrooms a quick wash and rinse with cold water. Drain well.
- 3
Pat dry with a kitchen paper towel. Set aside
- 4
Rinse Black Goji Berries and drain well. Set aside.
- 5
Clean the chicken pieces and pat dry with a paper towel.
- 6
Marinate the chicken for at least 20 mins with grounded white pepper powder, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Shaoxing cooking wine, brown sugar, and a dash of salt.
- 7
Add the marinated chicken pieces to a deep dish. Layer on cordyceps flowers and black goji berries. Add at this point if you plan on including shiitake mushrooms or black fungus.
- 8
Wash white jasmine rice and add to the rice cooker.
- 9
Place a trivet rack stand inside the rice cooker to raise the plate off the bed of rice. Alternatively, I prefer to steam in my convection oven for 30 minutes for convenience.
- 10
To steam chicken together with the rice, select normal rice cooking mode. Do not select Turbo mode.
- 11
Remove the chicken from the rice cooker after it is done cooking. The chicken will come out with a nice orangey tint.
- 12
Rest for a few minutes.
- 13
Garnish with cilantro and or finely chopped green onions.
- 14
Serve hot white rice.