Stewed Chicken with Mushrooms 冬菇焖鸡脚

Ingredients:

15 pcs             Chicken claws (cleaned)

10 pcs             Drried  mushroom (soak till fully swelled)  

5 cloves          Garlic   (pressed)    

10 slices         Ginger

2 pcs               Rock sugar

1 tbsp              Cooking oil

3 bowls            Water

Salt to taste

Ingredients for marinade:

2 tbsp              Oyster sauce (I used abalone sauce)

2 tbsp              Soya sauce

1 tbsp              Thick soya sauce

1 tsp                Chicken stock powder

1 tsp                White pepper powder

1 tbsp              Chinese cooking wine

Hard boiled egg is optional.

Method:

1.  Marinade the chicken claws for at least 2 hours

2.  Heat up the oil, fry garlic and ginger until brown and fragrant.

3.  Add in mushroom and rock sugar, fry till sugar melts.

4.  Add in the chicken claws and the marinade ingredients.

5.  Add in water.

6.  Add salt.  ( I did not)

7. Add Chinese cooking wine

8.  Bring to a boil and then heat with low fire for 2 more hours with the pot lids closed.