Chinese Steamed Chicken With Shiitake Mushroom 冬菇蒸雞 is a classic Cantonese household favourite dish bursting with umami flavour. Tender chicken meat, fragrant shiitake mushrooms, and Chinese sausage are easy and require little cooking effort directly in the rice cooker. This wholesome traditional Chinese recipe is a crowd favourite!
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Enjoy the succulent, luscious, silky texture of boneless chicken thighs in just 30 minutes. This will become one of your favourite chicken recipes! Serve this chicken dish over fresh Jasmine white rice and plenty of broth-like sauce. The au jus is irresistible!
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What Cuts of Chicken Do You Use For Chinese Slippery Chicken?
When choosing which chicken cut to make tasty, velvety chicken, choose a piece of dark chicken meat. We prefer boneless skinless chicken thighs over bone-in chicken pieces. Feel free to use chicken breast over thigh meat for a healthier, leaner substitute.
Since this steamed pie dish does not have chicken bones, it is especially perfect for young children and the elderly.
Ingredients and Substitutes
Chinese Chicken with Chinese Mushrooms recipe steamed to a mouthwatering perfection requires just a few simple ingredients, but the results are satisfying. It is the perfect addition to any meal!
Chicken - select dark meat. We like to use Asian specialty chicken, such as Taiwanese chicken.
Shiitake Mushrooms - Dried shiitake mushrooms add an umami, earthy flavour. Dried mushrooms are easy to store but require resuscitation. Learn how to quickly rehydrate Chinese mushrooms. Fresh shiitake mushrooms are excellent and available at your local Asian supermarket. Other types of mushrooms yield different results. It is hard to replace the unique taste and texture of Shiitake mushrooms.
Ginger - Add a few pieces of sliced ginger to enhance the flavour and remove the gaminess from the chicken.
Green Onions - finely chopped spring onions for garnish.
Chicken Marinade Ingredients
- Light Soy Sauce
- Dark Soy Sauce
- Shaoxing Wine (Chinese Rice Cooking Wine)
- Sesame Oil
- Brown Sugar
- Corn Starch
- Ground White Pepper
- Kosher Salt - A dash of salt to taste.
Shiitake Mushroom Marinade Ingredients
- Light Soy Sauce
- Dark Soy Sauce
- Shaoxing Wine (Chinese Rice Cooking Wine)
- Sesame Oil
- Brown Sugar
- Corn Starch
- Vegetable Cooking Oil
Optional Ingredients
- Black Fungus (wood ear mushrooms)
- Chinese Sausages
- Lily flowers
Most dry goods ingredients, tools and supplies can be purchased at local Asian markets or Asian grocery store or Amazon Online.
Instructions
By far, steaming is the easiest method to make Authentic Steamed Chicken With Chinese Mushrooms! This crowd-favourite Cantonese chicken recipe is deliciously succulent, tender and bursts with pure chicken flavour!
There are just a few simple steps in the cooking process. I guarantee you will nail making the juiciest chicken ever if you follow our step-by-step instructions!
Use coarse salt and give the chicken parts a good scrub.
Wash, trim, and dry the fresh chicken with kitchen paper towels.
Cut the boneless, skinless chicken thighs into smaller pieces on a heavy chopping board. Aim for bite-sized chicken pieces. Set aside.
In a large bowl, add chicken marinade ingredients. Mix well. Add sliced chicken. Mix well. Let marinade in the refrigerator for at least 20 mins.
Liberally squeeze excess water from the soak shiitake mushrooms in cold water. You can learn how to quickly prepare dried Chinese Mushrooms. Do not discard the soaking liquid from the resuscitated shiitake mushrooms. Save it to make noodle soup! It adds an instant umami!
Thinly slice the Chinese mushrooms. I like to leave a few mushrooms whole as well.
Add Shiitake mushrooms, marinade and a tablespoon of vegetable oil. Mix well. Let marinade in the refrigerator for at least 20 mins.
Wash 2 cups of white jasmine rice and add to your rice cooker. Add water per rice cooker instructions. Typically, add enough cold water, approximately 1 cm over covered rice.
Add the chicken mixture and marinated shiitake mushrooms in a single layer to a steaming plate.
There are three ways to steam this delicious steamed chicken with Chinese mushrooms recipe.
Method One: The traditional way, Chinese people steam this chicken pie dish by placing a trivet rack in the wok to raise the steaming tray and bring water to a boil on high heat for 22-25 mins.
Method Two: Cooking this one-pot steamed chicken recipe in the rice cooker. Rice cooker chicken rice is my favourite lazy people cooking method. Place the chicken and mushrooms on a deep plate in your rice cooker on a trivet rack. Set to "cook rice" mode. The juicy steamed chicken is also ready once your rice cooker finishes cooking the rice. Approximately 30 mins.
Method Three: Alternatively, for convenience, I prefer to steam in my Cuisinart steam convection oven for 25 minutes at Super Steam 400F.
Insert an instant-read thermometer at the thickest part of the chicken and check that the internal temperature of the chicken is at least 165F.
Serve and enjoy hot!
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- Cambodian Fried Chicken Wings (Phnom Penh) 金邊炸雞翅
How To Meal Prep Steamed Chicken with Shiitake Mushrooms
You can efficiently work the Steamed Silky Chicken with Chinese Mushrooms recipe into your family meal prep ideas for the week. Whether making freezer meals make ahead for one or batching marinated sliced chicken, store the meal-prepped chicken in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Marinated chicken with Shiitake mushrooms is one of the best ways on how to make chicken juicy. This healthy meal prep for kids and adults can be stored together in a freezer bag. Take it out and place it in the refrigerator to thaw overnight. As it thaws, the ingredients will get a deeper flavourful marinade and retains all the au jus.
What To Serve With Juicy Steamed Chicken
There's no better way to enjoy freshly steamed slippery chicken than with white rice! I could eat three bowls of white rice with the broth-like essence. There are never leftovers. The whole thing is gone in seconds!
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Chinese Steamed Chicken With Shiitake Mushroom 冬菇蒸雞 is a classic Cantonese household favourite dish bursting with umami flavour. Tender chicken meat, fragrant shiitake mushrooms, and Chinese sausage are easy and require little cooking effort directly in the rice cooker.
- Prep Time: 25
- Cook Time: 25
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 4 people 1x
- Category: Main Dishes
- Method: Steam
- Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients
- 4-6 Chicken thighs, sliced 雞腿
- 8-10 shiitake mushrooms 冬菇 , resuscitated, sliced
- 2 inch knob of Ginger 薑, julienned
Chicken Marinade
- 1 tbsp Light Soy Sauce 生抽
- 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce 老抽
- ½ tbsp Brown Sugar 糖
- 1 tsp Corn Starch 粟粉
- 1 tsp Shaoxing Wine 紹酒
- Dash of Ground White Pepper 胡椒粉
Mushroom Marinade
- 1 tbsp Vegetable oil 油
- 1 tbsp Light Soy Sauce 生抽
- 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce 老抽
- ½ tbsp Brown Sugar 糖
- 1 tsp Corn Starch 粟粉
Instructions
- Use coarse salt and give the chicken parts a good scrub.
- Wash, trim, and dry the fresh chicken with kitchen paper towels.
- Cut the boneless, skinless chicken thighs into smaller pieces on a heavy chopping board. Aim for bite-sized chicken pieces. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, add chicken marinade ingredients. Mix well. Add sliced chicken. Mix well. Let marinade in the refrigerator for at least 20 mins.
- Liberally squeeze excess water from the soak shiitake mushrooms in cold water. You can learn how to quickly prepare dried Chinese Mushrooms. Do not discard the soaking liquid from the resuscitated shiitake mushrooms. Save it to make noodle soup! It adds an instant umami!
- Thinly slice the Chinese mushrooms. I like to leave a few mushrooms whole as well.
- Add Shiitake mushrooms, marinade and a tablespoon of vegetable oil. Mix well. Let marinade in the refrigerator for at least 20 mins.
- Wash 2 cups of white jasmine rice and add to your rice cooker. Add water per rice cooker instructions. Typically, add enough cold water, approximately 1 cm over covered rice.
- Add the chicken mixture and marinated shiitake mushrooms in a single layer to a steaming plate.
- There are three ways to steam this delicious steamed chicken with Chinese mushrooms recipe.
- Method One: The traditional way, Chinese people steam this chicken pie dish by placing a trivet rack in the wok to raise the steaming tray and bring water to a boil on high heat for 22-25 mins.
- Method Two: Cooking this one-pot steamed chicken recipe in the rice cooker. Rice cooker chicken rice is my favourite lazy people cooking method. Place the chicken and mushrooms on a deep plate in your rice cooker on a trivet rack. Set to "cook rice" mode. The juicy steamed chicken is also ready once your rice cooker finishes cooking the rice. Approximately 30 mins.
- Method Three: Alternatively, for convenience, I prefer to steam in my Cuisinart steam convection oven for 25 minutes at Super Steam 400F.
- Insert an instant-read thermometer at the thickest part of the chicken and check that the internal temperature of the chicken is at least 165F.
- Serve and enjoy hot!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 plate
- Calories: 249
- Sugar: 3.7 g
- Sodium: 868.8 mg
- Fat: 9.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Fiber: 1.3 g
- Protein: 31.3 g
- Cholesterol: 140.1 mg
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Leslie says
So easy and so delicious!!
Amy says
Delicious! Made it for my parents last week and they loved it!
Amy Liu Dong says
Oh my, this steam chicken recipe looks delicious and very enticing! Plus with Shiitake Mushrooms 冬菇蒸雞, it's the perfect dish for such cold weather! I totally love it!
Kim Beaulieu says
This recipe is fabulous. The family gobbled it up so fast. Can't wait to make it again!
Liz says
The mushrooms and chicken both had fabulous flavor from their respective marinades! Such a delicious dish!
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
I love the flavors in this dish!
Stine Mari Fiskerstrand says
This dish is so comforting with all its umami flavors!
Lathiya says
This recipe looks awesome and is my kind of dish when I crave to have something soothing.
DK Park says
I have never tried to make this dish and it looks delicious and easy to make.
I will gather the ingredients to make this for dinner!