Xiang Gu Shao Ji

Braised Chicken with Dried Shitake Mushrooms
Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop, pg 121

• 1/2 cup dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked
• 1/2 lb chicken, sliced
• 2 spring onions
• 2 tbs oil
• 1/2 oz ginger, peeled & sliced

• 2 tbs Shaoxing wine
• 3/4 cup chicken stock
• 1 tbs sugar
• 2 tsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil

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1. Stir fry chicken in hot oil until lightly browned 
2. Add ginger and crushed onion whites
3. Stir in wine, mushrooms, mushroom soaking water, and stock
4. Add sugar, soy sauce and season
5. Simmer covered for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally
6. Increase heat and uncover to thicken sauce
7. Add onion greens, sliced into 2 in pieces, sesame oil, any additional seasoning