🍄🐔 Chicken with mushrooms・Smooth and juicy Hong Kong style home-cooked stir-fry

Editor's Preface

Chicken with Mushrooms is a classic Hong Kong home-style stir-fry, combining tender chicken slices with a hearty mushroom flavor. It's healthy, high in protein, low in fat, and has that "hot pot"-worthy feeling. The mushrooms soak up the chicken's flavorful juices, leaving the chicken slices perfectly smooth. We've dedicated this article to a step-by-step breakdown, detailing every detail to help you achieve flawless chicken and delicious mushroom flavor, making it easy for beginners to achieve banquet-quality results!

Ingredients preparation

• 200g boneless chicken breast or thigh (thinly sliced)

• 200g of various mushrooms (such as fresh shiitake mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, fresh pleurotus geesteranus, white jade mushrooms, etc., as desired)

• 2 slices of ginger, 2 cloves of garlic (sliced)

• 1/4 green or red bell pepper (shredded, optional for garnish)

• Chopped green onions

• Marinade: 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, half an egg white, 1 teaspoon oil

• A small amount of dark soy sauce/oyster sauce/chicken powder (for added color and flavor, optional)

• 50-80ml water or chicken broth

• Salt and sugar in moderation

• 1.5 tablespoons oil

Detailed steps

🐔 1. How to marinate chicken for tenderness

• Cut the chicken chop into thin slices at an angle; cutting along the grain will make it smoother.

• Mix light soy sauce, half an egg white, cornstarch, pepper and oil and marinate for 10-20 minutes (egg white and cornstarch make the texture smoothest).

• Editor’s tip: Add enough protein/cornstarch to the chicken breast, and cheap chicken breast will not have shoe openings!

🍄 2. Mushroom preparation

• Rinse all mushrooms thoroughly (slice large ones and leave small ones whole). Press gently to dry out any excess moisture, as this will release water when stir-fried and affect the flavor.

• Prepare green and red peppers, onions, garlic and ginger.

🍳 3. Stir-fry chicken slices

• Heat oil in a flat bottom wok or Chinese wok over medium heat.

• Place the chicken slices one by one, don't stir-fry until the bottom is solidified, then quickly turn it over and fry until it turns white all over (don't let it be fully cooked, it will be done together with the mushrooms later).

• Editor’s tip: Stir-fry quickly over high heat with plenty of oil to make the chicken slices translucent and smooth.

🍲 4. Stir-fry mushrooms

• Add more oil to the original wok, sauté garlic and ginger slices until fragrant, add various fresh mushrooms, and stir-fry over medium-high heat until soft.

• Stir in chicken broth/water. If the flavor is good enough, you don’t need to add salt. If you like a more fragrant taste, you can add a small amount of oyster sauce, sugar or chicken powder to enhance the flavor.

🥢 5. Combine and collect the juice

• Return the chicken slices to the wok, add shredded green and red peppers to adjust the color, and stir-fry quickly until well combined.

• If there is too much juice, turn up the heat and reduce the juice for one minute. If you want it to be smoother, add a little cornstarch water to thicken it.

• Finally, taste and sprinkle with chopped green onions before serving.

Editor's Tips

• Marinate the chicken slices with egg whites and cornstarch and then stir-fry quickly to ensure a smooth texture without being woody.

• Different types of fresh mushrooms produce different amounts of water. If there is too much water when stir-frying, increase the heat to reduce the juice.

• Variations can include shredded scallops, cloud ears, water chestnuts, etc. to enrich the taste.

• Zhong Yisu’s vegetarian soup and whole mushrooms without chicken are also unbeatable.

Eating experience 😋

The chicken slices are smooth and tender, the fairy mushrooms are fresh and delicious, the salty and fragrant sauce is delicious with rice and fried udon, the mushrooms are juicy and tasty, and the taste is full of layers!

summary

Chicken with mushroom slices is easy to cook and healthy, making it a global favorite for its color, aroma, and flavor! Cook a big plate at home, and the lunch boxes and side dishes will be snapped up. 🍄🐔🥢