Ginger and Black Fungus Chicken Recipe

This chicken recipe is a plain and humble dish that anyone can make in their kitchen.

This Thai-Chinese dish is delicious and goes well with steamed rice.

The recipe is originally Chinese as many Thai recipes are adaptations of Chinese food.

Ingredients for the Recipe

This ginger chicken dish is inspired by a recipe from “Thai Cooking Made Easy.”

The recipe calls for the following ingredients:

• Chicken breast.
• Ginger.
• Black Fungus.
• Red onion.
• Fermented yellow bean sauce. It adds a lot of depth to the taste of the chicken and black fungus.
• Sweet soy sauce.

How Many Calories Per Serving?

This recipe is only 109 calories per serving.

What Dishes To Serve with this Recipe?

Serve this dish with steamed rice. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.

Shrimp Omelette

Garlic Bok Choy

Ginger Soy Fish

Lotus Root Soup

Yield: 4 people

Ginger and Black Fungus Chicken

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Ginger and black fungus chicken is a plain and humble dish that anyone can whip up in their kitchen. It's delicious and goes well with steamed rice.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2 inches (5 cm) ginger, peeled and cut into thin strips
• 1 small red onion, quartered
• 4 pieces dried black fungus, softened in warm water for 30 minutes, then cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 teaspoon fermented soy beans (taucheo)
• 1 skinless & boneless chicken breast, cut into strips
• 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 stalk scallion, cut into 1 inch (2 cm) length

Instructions

1. Heat up the cooking oil in a wok and stir fry the ginger strips until aromatic. Add in the red onion and black fungus and do a few quick stirs.
2. Add the fermented soy bean before adding the chicken strips into the wok. Stir-fry the chicken until the surface turns white.
3. Add in oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) and sugar. Stir all ingredients together before adding the water. Add the scallions, do a few quick stirs, dish out and serve hot with steamed rice.

Notes

Black fungus is also called "cloud ear" (云耳) or "wood ear" (木耳).

Nutrition Information

Yield

4

Serving Size

4 people
Amount Per Serving Calories 109Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 26mgSodium 26mgCarbohydrates 3gFiber 0gSugar 2gProtein 10g