Chinese
Chinese - Zhejiang Zhe Cuisine
Beggar Chicken
Chef's Menu Description
A distinguished culinary classic crafted with authentic techniques and finest ingredients, offering rich depth of flavour and elegant presentation.
Ingredients
- • 1 whole chicken (about 1.2kg)
- • 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine
- • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- • 1 tsp five-spice powder
- • 5 slices ginger
- • 3 spring onions, cut into strips
- • 4 lotus leaves, soaked
- • 1kg clay or rough pastry dough
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Rub the chicken with Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, five-spice, ginger, and spring onions; rest for 2 hours.
2
Phase 2
Wrap the chicken in lotus leaves and seal it inside a layer of clay or pastry dough.
3
Phase 3
Bake at 200C for 90 minutes until the crust is deep brown and hard.
4
Phase 4
Let it rest 10 minutes before cracking the crust.
5
Phase 5
Break open the crust at the table and serve the steaming chicken whole.