Soy Braised Chicken and Veggies
Soy Braised Chicken and Veggies
Ingredients
- 1/4 yellow onion
- 1 small carrot about 15 g (peeled)
- 1 small potato about 35 g (peeled)
- 1 cm daikon about 25 g (peeled)
- 3 frozen green beans optional
- 60 g chicken thigh skinless, boneless
- rapeseed oil
- 150 ml water
- 1 ml hondashi
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1/2 tbsp sake
- 1/4 tbsp granulated sugar
Instructions
- Peel yellow onion, carrot, potato and daikon.
- Cut yellow onion into thick slices, cut carrot, potato and daikon into chunks (all about the same size, about 2 cm), cut green beans in halves and cut chicken into bite size pieces.
- Heat some rapeseed oil in a small pot over medium heat.
- Sauté yellow onion for about 5 min.
- Add carrot, potato, daikon and chicken.
- Add water, hondashi, soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar and give it a stir.
- Let come to a simmer and simmer for about 25 min or until chicken is cooked though and veggies are soft and tender.
- When almost done, add the green beans and let simmer until the beans are cooked though.
- Serve and enjoy! Optional, but recommended topping: Soy marinated egg
- Soy marinated egg:Boil egg for 8 min. Transfer the egg to a cold ice bath and let cool down for 4 min. Peel and transfer the peeled egg into a small cup. Add 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp mirin and about 1-2 tbsp water just to cover the egg. Let marinate in the fridge for about 10 h.