Serves 4-6 people
chicken marinate:

1.5 kg whole chicken (cavity emptied and cleaned)
2 tbsp salt
3 tbsp light soy sauce
4 tbsp ginger juice
stuffing ingredients:

2 tbsp shallot oil
½ tin bamboo shoot (chopped)
8 pcs shiitake mushroom (chopped)
1 packet Preserved Szechuan vegetable (chopped)

Recipe Courtesy of
Asian Food Network

Beggar's Chicken

A long, slow cooking process, but we guarantee it's worth the wait for this flavourful dish. Beggar's Chicken may seem like a daunting recipe to recreate, but it's one of the easiest in haute cuisine

Difficulty: Medium

Preparation: 30 min
Cook: 105 min
Clean up: 15 min

Steps: 4 steps
8 Ingredients

Difficulty: Medium
Steps: 4 steps
8 Ingredients

Preparation: 30 min
Cook: 105 min
Clean up: 15 min

Instructions

Marinate chicken
- Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
- Rub chicken with soy sauce, ginger juice and salt. Leave it marinating in a bowl for at least 30 minutes.

Fry stuffing
- Heat shallot oil and fry mushroom, bamboo shoot and Szechuan vegetables for 3 minutes.

Stuff chicken
- Lay out a piece of parchment paper onto a piece of foil, arrange chicken in the middle and wrap the chicken as compactly as possible.

Cook chicken in oven
- In the oven, leave chicken baking for 1.5 hours.

Plate and Serve!

To serve, cut open the wrapper and discard the foil. Carve the chicken and serve with stuffing.

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Name: Beggar's Chicken
Prep time: P0Y0M0D0H30M0S
Cook time: P0Y0M0D1H45M0S
Total time: P0Y0M0D2H15M0S
Yield: Serves 4-6 people
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: chicken marinate: 1.5 kg whole chicken (cavity emptied and cleaned); 2 tbsp salt; 3 tbsp light soy sauce; 4 tbsp ginger juice; stuffing ingredients: 2 tbsp shallot oil; ½ tin bamboo shoot (chopped); 8 pcs shiitake mushroom (chopped); 1 packet Preserved Szechuan vegetable (chopped)