Beggar's Chicken
Beggar's chicken is a Qing-style whole chicken stuffed with aromatics, wrapped in lotus leaves and clay-like dough, then baked until the meat steams tender and fragrant.
π Recipe adapted from Wikidata (Dish)
π¨βπ³ Instructions
Marinate the chicken with soy sauce, wine, ginger, scallions, and five-spice.
Stuff with mushrooms and chestnuts, then wrap tightly in soaked lotus leaves.
Encase the parcel in a salt-free flour dough or clay-style crust.
Bake slowly until the sealed package traps steam and the chicken turns tender.
Crack open the crust at the table and spoon over the fragrant juices.
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