Prosperity Chicken – 富贵鸡
Servings: 4
Time: 3 hr
Skill: Easy
Ingredients:
1 large kampung chicken
1½ kg plain flour
3 tbsp salt
900ml water (or more to make a pliable dough)
2-3 dried lotus leaves (soaked overnight)
60 ml Yomeishu
Seasoning:
1 tbsp powdered rock sugar
1 tsp salt
½ tsp white pepper
1 tbsp light soya sauce
¼ tsp dark soya sauce
1 tbsp rice wine
1 tbsp sesame oil
Herb Stuffing:
5g Angelica Sinensis (tong kwai)
15g Goji Berries (kei chi)
10g Solomon’s Seal (yu zhu)
5g Lovage Root (chuan xiong)
8 dried scallops
3 dried mushrooms, soaked till softened
½ cup chicken stock
Steps:
Mix all seasoning ingredients in a bowl
Rub seasoning outside and cavity of the chicken
Pour 20ml Yomeishu into the cavity of the chicken and 20ml extra on the chicken
Cover and let it marinate overnight
Simmer ingredients for herb stuffing with ½ cup chicken stock. Once stock reduce by half transfer to a bowl and mix in goji berries
Stuff the herbs into the chicken cavity
Mix 1½ kg plain flour, 3 tbsp salt and 900ml water to form a pliable dough.
Cover and rest dough 30 minutes
Pre-heat oven 200°C
Roll dough into a thick rectangle, enough to wrap the chicken
Place the lotus leaves on the rolled dough
Place chicken on the lotus leaf. Wrap the chicken with lotus leaf. Make sure it’s secure and no holes
Securely wrap and seal the lotus wrapped chicken with the rolled dough
Place it on a roasting tray
Bake for 2 hours in oven
Let chicken rest for 30 minutes before cracking it open
Pour 20ml of Yomeishu over the chicken
Serve immediately