Steamed Chicken with Angelica Sinensis (Dong Qui)

 Ingredients 

6 pcs Chicken thighs ( debone)

12 pieces Angelica sinensis 

2 tbsp salt 

4 + 4 tbsp Chinese Cooking wine ( can substitute any wine will do)

8-10 pieces goji berries  (soak in water)

String to tie 6 pieces chicken ( 1 feet x6)

Wash the chicken tights and debone. Dry and marinated with 2 tbsp salt & 4 tbsp wine. 

This is how Angelica sinensis look like.(buy the sweet type from Chinese medicine hall)

After marinated, add in 2 pieces Angelica sinensis (sweet Dong Qui) on the tight as shown above. Roll up & use a string to tighten the tight. 

 Once all done, keep in the fridge for few hours 

Ready to cook. Transfer the tights to a steamed plate, add in another 4 tbsp wine and goji berries (drain the water out) . 

Prepared a wok with boiling water and put on a rack and ready to steam for 25 minutes. 

After steamed, let it cool for few minutes before sliced and served hot with white rice.

Enjoy 

Pork Jerky ( Bak Kwa)

Ingredients 

500g Fresh Minced Meat (use minced meat with some fat

Seasoning:

80g Sugar 

1 tbsp Soy Sauce 

1/2 tbsp Oyster Sauce

1/3 tsp Salt

1 tsp Fish Sauce 

1 tbsp  Cooking Wine 

1 tsp chinese five spice 

1/4 tsp White Pepper

For brushing 

1 tbsp honey

1 tsp water

Sesame seed optional 
Method: 

1. In a bowl, mix well all seasoning. 

2. Add in minced meat. Stir the mixture with a pair of chopsticks in one direction until the mixture become sticky more paste texture. 

3. Cover and marinate fir few hours in the fridge.

4. Remove from the fridge. Prepare a baking tray with a parchment paper. Use a spatula spread the minced meat about 2 -3 mm thickness evenly over a baking tray.

5. Bake in a preheated oven 160C for 15-20 minutes and then gently use a tong to flip to the order side and bake for another 15 minutes on middle rack. (upper & lower heat). Tips - Pour off excess liquid if there’s any accumulated during baking.

6. Remove the baking tray from the oven. Reset oven temperature to  220C.  Slice the pork jerky with a cutter into 6-8 pieces  & brush the jerky with honey mixture and sprinkle with sesame seed (optional). bake for another 10-15 minutes  till turn darker colour & flip to other side and brush with honey mixture again bake another 10-15 minutes. You need to check during this process to get the honey nicely caramelised .