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Simmered chicken and root vegetables (Chikuzenni)

Simmered chicken and root vegetables (Chikuzenni)

A hearty Japanese simmer: chicken thigh with burdock, lotus root, carrot, taro, shiitake and konjac, stir-fried then cooked in dashi.

50 min
total
4
people
576
calories per serving

Per serving

23 g
Protein
86 g
Carbs
14 g
Fat

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Ingredients

4
  • 300 g
    Chicken thigh
  • 120 g
    Burdock root
  • 150 g
    Lotus root
  • 150 g
    Carrot
  • 100 g
    shiitake mushroom
  • 200 g
    Konnyaku (konjac block)
  • 250 g
    Taro tuber
  • 50 g
    Snow peas
  • 400 ml
    Water
  • 4 g
    kombu seaweed
  • 6 g
    bonito flakes
  • 40 ml
    soy sauce
  • 30 ml
    mirin
  • 8 g
    Sugar
  • 30 ml
    Sake or rice alcohol
  • 10 ml
    Rapeseed oil
  • 260 g
    Japanese short-grain rice (Koshihikari)

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Instructions

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  1. Make the dashi. Cut burdock, lotus root, carrot, taro and shiitake into rough chunks; blanch the torn konjac.

  2. Stir-fry the diced chicken in the oil, then add the vegetables and konjac and toss well.

  3. Add dashi, sake, sugar and mirin and simmer covered for 10 minutes; add soy sauce and cook 10–15 more minutes until the liquid has reduced.

  4. Scatter over the blanched snow peas and serve with rice.

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Chef's tips

  • •Cut the vegetables to the same size so they cook and season evenly.

Storage

Keeps for 3 days in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat gently until piping hot all the way through.

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