Simple Way to Make Any-night-of-the-week A Chef's Recipe for Chinese-style Chestnut and Chicken Stir-fry with Star Anise

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook A Chef's Recipe for Chinese-style Chestnut and Chicken Stir-fry with Star Anise using 18 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook that.

I wondered if chestnuts went well with the flavour of star anise. Brown the chicken and chestnuts nicely before finishing the dish!! Recipe by Silvy1978

Ingredients and spices that need to be Get to make A Chef's Recipe for Chinese-style Chestnut and Chicken Stir-fry with Star Anise:

1. 1 Chicken thigh
2. ○For marinating:
3. 1 tbsp ○Soy sauce
4. 1 tbsp ○Shaoxing wine (or sake)
5. 6 or more Chestnuts
6. 1 Japanese leek
7. 1 clove Garlic
8. 1 knob Ginger
9. △Seasoning ingredients:
10. 200 ml △Water
11. 1/2 tsp △Chinese chicken stock powder
12. 1 tbsp △Soy sauce
13. 1 tbsp △Sugar
14. 1 tbsp △Shaoxing wine (or sake)
15. 1 tsp △Oyster sauce
16. 1 △Star anise
17. 1 tsp Sesame oil to finish
18. 1 optional Green onions

Steps to make to make A Chef's Recipe for Chinese-style Chestnut and Chicken Stir-fry with Star Anise

1. These are the ingredients I will use for this recipe with chopped green onion to garnish.
2. Trim off the yellowish fat from the chicken and cut into bite sizes. Remove the skin if you prefer (I leave it on).
3. Use the chicken skin to make some snacks for drinks! https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/149788-easy-drinking-appetizer-with-chicken-skin
4. Marinate the chicken with the soy sauce and Shaoxing wine. Leave to rest for about 15 minutes!
5. Blanch the chestnuts for about 3 minutes.
6. Soak the blanched chestnuts in cold water and peel the shells. If the chestnuts are big cut in half.
7. Slice the Japanese leek into 2 cm lengths. Slice the garlic and ginger thinly.
8. Heat some vegetable oil (not listed in the ingredients) in a frying pan. Add the drained chicken and chestnuts and fry.
9. Fry both sides! Look at the nicely golden-browned chicken and chestnuts!!
10. You don't need to cook through at this point! Place them onto a dish.
11. Clean the surface of the frying pan with a paper towel. Add the Japanese leek, garlic, ginger and △ ingredients to the frying pan.
12. After bringing to a boil return the chicken and chestnuts to the frying pan. Simmer...
13. Here's the star anise that I used. They can be broken up, it's okay!
14. Simmer further...
15. Reduce the sauce until it looks like this and it's done! I don't have to use katakuriko at all!! Check the seasoning half way through! Turn off the heat and drizzle with sesame oil to finish.
16. Transfer onto a serving dish....
17. Sprinkle with chopped green onion to your liking! It's very tasty!!
18. You can make a tasty and seasonal Pacific saury rice dish!. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/146742-a-professional-chefs-easy-pacific-saury-rice
19. Look atfor Chestnut Rice Using Mentsuyu. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/146310-golden-ratio-mentsuyu-chestnut-rice

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