Simmered Root Vegetables & Chicken
Simmered Root Vegetables & Chicken

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, simmered root vegetables & chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Simmered Vegetables (Nishime) is often served in New Year's feasts. Various vegetables are cooked in slightly sweet soy-based broth. Various vegetables are cooked in slightly sweet soy-based broth. A good dashi stock and meticulous preparation of each ingredient are the keys to a good-looking dish.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook simmered root vegetables & chicken using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Simmered Root Vegetables & Chicken:
  1. Get 300 g Chicken Thigh Fillets *cut into bite-size pieces
  2. Make ready 5-6 Dried Shiitake Mushrooms
  3. Make ready 1 block (250 g) Konnnyaku (Konjac)
  4. Take 1 large Carrot
  5. Take 200 g Lotus Root *thawed if frozen
  6. Prepare 1 Gobō *about 100g (Almost impossible to find!)
  7. Prepare 400 g Satoimo (small Taro) *Today I used Potatoes
  8. Prepare 1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
  9. Make ready Soup
  10. Make ready 1 cup Water that was used to soak Dried Shiitake
  11. Get 2 tablespoon Mirin
  12. Take 4 tablespoons Soy Sauce
  13. Prepare 1 tablespoon Sugar

It can be difficult to find all. Simmered Chicken with Root Vegetables Be the first to rate & review! A simplified version of poule au pot (chicken in a pot), this comforting dish showcases the first of the season's root vegetables. Here, the cooking liquid becomes a light broth for ladling over the chicken and the vegetables.

Steps to make Simmered Root Vegetables & Chicken:
  1. Soak Dried Shiitake in water, drain when soft, and save water. (*Avoid the dirt and settlings.) If Shiitake are large, cut in half.
  2. All vegetables need to be thawed if frozen. Peel and cut into bite-size pieces. Soak Gobō and Lotus Root in water separately to remove unpleasant taste.
  3. Taro Potatoes need to be pre-cooked. Boil in water for a few minutes, then drain.
  4. Tear (or cut) Konnnyaku (Konjac) into bite-size pieces and boil in water for a few minutes, then drain.
  5. Heat Oil in a pot over medium heat, cook Chicken for 30 seconds, then add drained Gobō, Lotus Root, Carrot and Konnnyaku (Konjac). Stir-fry for a few minutes.
  6. Add Shiitake and Satoimo (Taro), and mix to combine. Add all the soup ingredients and bring to the simmer. Cover with a piece of baking paper touching the ingredients, then cover with a lid and simmer over medium low heat for 10 to 15 minutes.
  7. Remove the lid and baking paper, and keep cooking, occasionally tossing, until the sauce is almost gone.
  8. When you serve, you can add some blanched Snow Peas, and arrange the dish decoratively. *Note: This dish can be served cold.

A simplified version of poule au pot (chicken in a pot), this comforting dish showcases the first of the season's root vegetables. Here, the cooking liquid becomes a light broth for ladling over the chicken and the vegetables. This dish is called 'Chikuzen-ni' (筑前煮) in Japan. It was a local dish in Chikuzen region in the island of Kyushu. It is now popular in other parts of Japan and often prepared for the New Year celebration.

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