Northern-Style Braised Chicken with Soybean Paste and Leek
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Ingredients
- 500 g chicken thigh fillets, diced
- 2 leeks, sliced
- 2 tbsp yellow bean sauce
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 250 ml chicken stock
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- 1 tbsp groundnut oil
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 219 kcal
- Protein
- 26.9 g
- Carbohydrate
- 4.7 g
- of which sugars
- 2.6 g
- Fat
- 9.8 g
- of which saturates
- 2.2 g
- Fibre
- 2.1 g
- Salt
- 1.37 g
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Method
- 1
Heat the groundnut oil in a wide pan and brown the chicken for 4 minutes.
- 2
Add the garlic and fresh ginger and fry for 30 seconds.
- 3
Stir in the yellow bean sauce and chicken stock and bring to a simmer.
- 4
Add the leeks, cover and cook gently for 20 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through with no pink remaining and the sauce has thickened.
- 5
Scatter with the spring onions.
- 6
Serve with steamed rice.
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