Stewed Chicken with potatoes, Sichuan flavor

Hi everyone. I know it's been a while since I made a video. I've been very busy with my day job and Ray has been busy too. Here we are. You know I just want to share this chicken stew with you. Such a hearty dish for the season. You know it's getting so cold now and let me show you the ingredients. I have half chicken. You can use chicken drumsticks or chicken wings. And I made the other half last time. Really enjoyed. Here's my aromatics. We are going through that while we're cooking. Also I'm going to list the ingredients in the description box below. And two potatoes. You can use two to three potatoes. I cut into chunks too. And we're ready to cook. I'm heating up the pan to high heat. Add some oil. First we're going to sear the chicken or brown the chicken. Alternatively you can also pre-boil the chicken. Almost there. After a few minutes let's take out the chicken. You can see there's no liquid. Now we're going to turn the heat to medium. We need the spicy bean paste. Dou ban jiang. It's about a tablespoon. And Sichuan peppercorns. Green ones. Rock sugar. Star anise. The ginger. Turn down a little bit. Pan is too hot. Now we can add the chicken back. Mix. Some Shaoxing cooked wine. If you don't have it you can use chicken stock. Some dark soy sauce for color. Smells so good. A little bit of salt. Always have some salt for seasoning. Followed by hot water. I think last time I put too much water in. That should be enough. We want the stew to be thick. Bring this to boil. Now it's boiling. Let's add our white part of green onions and some bay leaves. That's all. And just turn to medium low. Cover it. Cook about 25 minutes. After 25 minutes we're ready to add the potatoes. It's also time to just taste it. If we have enough flavor or salt. Good. Turn the heat to medium. Add our potatoes. Wow. Smells so good. Can't wait. Can you? I can't wait. You have to. But it won't take too long. So let this cook about 10 minutes or till potatoes are tender. After 10 minutes potatoes should be done now. Let's check. I can poke it. Yes. Smells so good right? Smells great. Wow. Our chicken stew is ready. Wow. Smells so good. Smells great. Looking great too. You want more chicken or more potato? Both. I know you're a potato guy. I love it. Some sauce. Cheers. Cheers. Wow. So flavorful. Sorry me eating. It's delicious. So aromatic right? So good. Potato. Not too soft. I know you don't like a potato too mushy right? Good? Potato is perfect. I know you're busy eating. Really. So warming. So hearty. Please try to make it. As I said you can use chicken wings or drumsticks. I use the whole chicken. Half of the whole chicken. And get a jar of dou ban jiang. Check on my amazon shop page. This must have in my refrigerator. So good for stew. You know for stir fry. And if you like this video please go thumbs up, share and subscribe for more simple recipes. Thank you so much for watching. See you next time.