Chinese chicken hot pot
INGREDIENTS
1.8kg whole chicken
1L water
1L chicken stock
2 cups(500ml) chinese cooking wine
½ cup(125ml) light soy sauce
⅓ cup(80ml) oyster sauce
1.
Rinse chicken under cold water; pat dry, inside and out, with absorbent paper. Combine the water, stock, cooking wine,
sauces, sugar, garlic, ginger, spices and chilli in the inner pot. Add chicken.
2.
Seal lid, cook on SLOW COOK LOW TEMP for 8 hours or cook on MEAT/POULTRY in Pressure cooking for 35 mins. Press START.
3.
Remove chicken, strain broth through fine sieve into large bowl. Discard solids. Cover chicken to keep warm.
Return broth to cooker. Add bok choy to cooker. Press SAUTÉ/SEAR LOW TEMP button, set cooking time for 5 minutes
and press START (Do not close the lid). Cook until tender.
4.
Cut chicken into 6 pieces. Serve with bok choy, drizzle with the broth. Sprinkle with coriander and extra chilli.
Cooking time starts once pressure has been maintained.
Set the valve to
"Seal"
position. Check that the float valve is in the down position.
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Chicken
Pre+Cooking time
slow
⅓ cup(75g) firmly packed light brown sugar
4 cloves garlic, bruised
6cm piece fresh ginger (30g), sliced thinly
1 star anise
1 tsp. five-spice powder
2 fresh long red chillies, halved lengthways
or
pressure
8 hrs 20 mins
1 hr
500g baby bok choy, chopped coarsely
⅓ cup coarsely chopped fresh coriander
1 fresh long red chilli, extra, sliced thinly
2 cinnamon quills
SERVES 6