Q: Can I use a different type of beer in the Ji Gong Bao?
A: Yes, you can use any type of beer you prefer. The flavor might vary slightly depending on the beer used.
Q: Is it necessary to use both light and dark soy sauce?
A: Using both types of soy sauce helps to balance the flavor and color of the dish, but you can adjust according to your taste.
Q: Can I replace fresh oysters with canned ones?
A: Yes, you can use canned oysters, but the taste and texture may differ from using fresh ones.
Homestyle Ji Gong Bao Recipe
Notes
Ingredients:
- Half a chicken
- 5 slices of ginger
- 10 cloves of garlic
- 2 onions
- 6 fresh oysters
- 8 small chili peppers
- 10g dried chili
- 2 green peppers
- 20g cooking wine
- 10g chicken broth concentrate
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- Half a tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 bottle of beer
- Sauté ginger and chicken until the water evaporates.
- Add dried chili and continue to stir-fry.
- Stir in the light soy sauce.
- Add the dark soy sauce.
- After the chicken changes color, add the small chili peppers.
- Mix in cooking wine and beer.
- Add chicken broth concentrate.
- Add sufficient water and stew for 30 minutes.
- In a clay pot, sauté onions, garlic, and small chili peppers, then add the stewed chicken.
- Add green peppers and oyster sauce.
- Put in the fresh oysters.
- Add noodle cakes and cook until they are soft.
- Rich in protein from chicken and oysters.
- Contains vitamins and minerals from fresh vegetables.
- Caloric content mainly from chicken and beer.
