# Unique Chicken Recipe with Chestnuts

This recipe involves deep-frying a whole chicken, simmering it in a flavorful sauce, deboning it, and finally steaming it with chestnuts to create a tender and juicy dish.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 100 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.25 cup Cooking Oil
- 1 Whole Chicken
- 0.25 cup Soy Sauce
- 1 cup Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Chef Made Assorted Aroma-Oil
- 1 handful Green Onion
- 1 handful Ginger
- 2 sticks Cinnamon
- 2 Star Anise
- 0.25 cup Cooking Wine
- 1 tbsp Cooking Wine
- 1 oz Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Five Spice Powder
- 0.5 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Chestnut
- 0.5 tsp Rock Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- 2 tbsp Water
- 2 tbsp Corn Starch

## Instructions

1. Heat the cooking oil in a wok until it starts smoking.
2. Add soy sauce to a whole chicken.
3. Deep fry the chicken in the hot oil at 350~430℉(180~220℃) until golden brown and crispy.
4. Use a strainer to prevent the chicken from overcooking.
5. Remove the chicken from the wok and set aside.
6. Add aroma oil to the wok and sauté green onion and ginger.
7. Add cinnamon, star anise and cooking wine to the wok and continue sautéing.
8. Add water to the wok.
9. Add soy sauce, cooking wine, brown sugar, five spice powder and salt into the wok.
10. Put the deep fried chicken into the wok and simmer for 60 minutes.
11. Remove the chicken from the wok, debone it and shred the meat.
12. Place the shredded chicken in a bowl, and top with chestnuts.
13. Add cooking wine, soy sauce, and rock sugar to the bowl.
14. Add cinnamon and star anise to the bowl.
15. Steam the chicken and chestnut mixture for 30 minutes.
16. Make a sauce by mixing water and corn starch.
17. Pour the sauce over the steamed chicken and chestnut mixture.

## Equipment

- wok
- strainer
- ladle
- tongs
- plate
- bowl
- steamer
- kitchen stove
- torch

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/3jpwOTUDIjs?si=nI91wfpYRt1Mhk-n
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/89e73b7d-0f3a-43d2-bba3-037fea8842ed
- Extracted: 2025-03-04

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