A home-style recipe for braised chicken with tea tree mushrooms, savory, flavorful and simple

The tea tree mushroom (Agrocybe aegerita) is a fungus of the order Agaricales, family Strophariaceae, also known as the poplar mushroom, tea chai mushroom and so on. It has extremely high edible value, combining high protein, low fat and low sugar with health-promoting and therapeutic properties, and can be cooked into all kinds of delicious dishes. Its nutritional value exceeds that of shiitake mushrooms and other edible fungi. Let's take a look below at the home-style recipe for braised chicken with tea tree mushrooms!

The benefits of braised chicken with tea tree mushrooms

Braised chicken with tea tree mushrooms is rich in nutrients and has edible benefits including anti-aging, lowering cholesterol, and preventing and fighting cancer.

Ingredients for braised chicken with tea tree mushrooms

One small chicken, one bowl of dried tea tree mushrooms, a few dried dark plums, and appropriate amounts of scallion, ginger, garlic, Sichuan peppercorn, star anise, fennel, cinnamon, salt, soy sauce and baijiu.

How to make braised chicken with tea tree mushrooms

1. Chop the chicken into pieces, marinate with salt, Shaoxing wine and pepper, and soak the tea tree mushrooms in warm water until rehydrated.

2. Cut the scallion into sections and the ginger into slices, and cut the rehydrated tea tree mushrooms into long sections.

3. Heat a wok and add a little oil, first stir-fry the scallion, ginger, garlic, star anise, fennel, Sichuan peppercorn and cinnamon until fragrant, then add the marinated chicken pieces and stir-fry until the skin tightens and the moisture gradually decreases.

4. Splash in the soy sauce, add the dark plums and baijiu, add the tea tree mushrooms and boiling water, bring to a boil over high heat, cover and switch to medium-low heat, braise for about 1 hour, add salt and white sugar, switch to high heat to reduce the sauce for about 10 minutes, then turn off the heat, plate and serve.