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Pan-glazed Chicken with Lemon-glazed Sweet Potato and Pickled Plum Lotus Root

Culinary Art Kitchen 2023.Oct.

Houraisen Junmai Daiginjo Hiyaoroshi

Ingredients

【Grilled Chicken with Sweet Soy Sauce】
Chicken thigh 250g ... Remove excess fat, make the thickness uniform, and coat with potato starch just before grilling.
Potato starch As needed
Sansho powder To taste

Mixed Seasonings

Sugar 1 tbsp
Sake 1 tbsp
Mirin 1 tbsp
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
【Simmered Sweet Potato with Lemon】
Sweet potato 150g ... Cut into 1.2cm thick slices (soak in water).

Seasonings

Sugar 2 tsp
Mirin 2 tsp
Lemon juice 1/2-1 tsp
Salt A pinch
Water As needed
【Pickled Lotus Root with Ume】
Lotus root 100g ... Cut into 3mm thin slices (rinse with water).

Seasonings for Ume Lotus Root

Ume paste 1 tbsp
Mirin 2 tsp
Salad oil 1/2 tsp

Instructions

【Grilled Chicken with Sweet Soy Sauce】

  1. Heat salad oil in a frying pan and grill the chicken, coated with potato starch, skin side down.
  2. Once browned (about 3 minutes), flip the chicken, cover with a lid, and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
  3. Pour <Mixed Seasonings> around the edge of the pan, simmer, and coat the chicken with the sauce.
  4. Let the chicken cool slightly, slice diagonally, and sprinkle with sansho powder if desired.

【Simmered Sweet Potato with Lemon】

  1. Simmer sweet potatoes with <Seasonings> over low heat.

【Pickled Lotus Root with Ume】

  1. Boil water, add salt and a little sugar, and blanch the lotus root.
  2. Pat dry and mix with <Seasonings for Ume Lotus Root>.
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