Braised chicken with mushrooms

Method

1. 1 Soak the shiitake mushrooms for 30 minutes, then reserve all the soaking water.
2. 2 The mushroom soaking water is the core flavor of the dish; discarding it leaves only chicken stewed in plain water.
3. 3 Fry the chicken pieces in oil for 8 minutes until the outside is golden brown.
4. 4 Melt the rock sugar, then pour in the soy sauce, rice wine, and mushroom soaking liquid.
5. 5 Simmer over low heat for 45 minutes with ginger and cinnamon until the chicken is tender and falls off the bone.
6. 6 Add the vermicelli noodles during the last 6 minutes to allow them to absorb all the broth, then sprinkle with chopped scallions.

With an appliance

• Pressure cooker 55 min

  Replace step 5: pressure cook for 15 minutes, then release the pressure naturally; add the noodles after opening the lid.