Traditional Chinese Five-Spice Chicken

Name: Traditional Chinese Five-Spice Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 3-4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 500 g chicken wings; 1 tablespoon five-spice powder; 5 hardboiled egg; 1 tablespoon oil; 1 tablespoon garlic; 1 bean curd; 3 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 2 teaspoons black soy sauce; 5 dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked in warm water for 30 min; 3 cups water; 1 sprig fresh coriander

Submitted by Cook Food Mood

"This traditional dish leverages on the cinnamon and anise spices found in 5-spice powder. Great with rice with lotsa gravy to go along. I always add more 5-spice powder to the pot for enhanced flavour! You may even like to add hard boiled eggs to soak up the fragrant gravy. Remember to use firm or dried beancurd and not the soft mushy type!"

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Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 3-4

ingredients

500 g chicken wings
1 tablespoon five-spice powder
5 hardboiled egg
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon garlic
1 bean curd
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
2 teaspoons black soy sauce
5 dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked in warm water for 30 min
3 cups water
1 sprig fresh coriander

directions

Knead 5-spice powder over chicken.
Brown garlic with 1 tbsp oil.
Stir fry chicken wings. Add sugar, salt, soy sauce.
Add 3 cups water, eggs, mushrooms (including the water they were soaked in) and beancurd when chicken is cooked. Add more five-spice powder and a dash of black pepper if desired. Cover and simmer for 30min or until chicken is tender. Garnish with coriander, if desired.
Serve hot with jasmine rice.

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Cook Food Mood

Bloomington, 53

<p>Born and bred in Singapore but currently living and working in Shanghai. Loves travelling and cooking, especially if its for the ones i love! Truth be told, there are few I enjoy cooking for as much as my partner who never cease to shower me with compliments with whatever I lay on the table! The sweetest man whose best dish thus far is his self-concorted mango prawn salad he's absolutely proud of, except he's not telling! <br /> <br />Really glad I came across this webbie by chance! Used to love tearing random recipes off magazines, and has recently took up experimenting recipes myself, so this is a great place for me to compile and store my dog-earred, gravy-stained recipes! It is a happy find considering one of my favourite pastime includes browsing and drooling over cookbooks at bookstores! I love that everyone's sharing here and kudos to other contributors who are definitely making me look like a real chef!</p>

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