dinner · dairy-free
Beggar's chicken
Hangzhou's whole chicken stuffed with pork and mushrooms, wrapped in lotus leaves and baked in a dough crust.
- Time
- 300min
- Steps
- 5
Ingredients
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Contains wheat and soy.
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Method
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1
Marinate chicken overnight.
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2
Stir-fry the stuffing and fill the chicken.
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3
Wrap in lotus leaves and tie.
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4
Encase in a thick dough of about 750 g flour mixed with enough water (about 350 ml) to make it stiff, or use a salt-clay dough. The crust only seals in the steam and is not eaten.
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5
Bake at 190°C (375°F) for 3 hours, until the chicken reaches 74°C (165°F) in the thickest part; crack the crust at the table and check, baking longer if needed.
