23. Boulbous Vegetables Cream Stew
Ingredients
- 200 grams/ 7oz boneless chicken thighs
- as need any type of flour, for the chicken coating
- 100grams/ 3.5oz lotus root, diced bite size
- 100grams/ 3.5oz satoimo taro/ yam, cut into half
- 100grams/ 3.5oz turnip/ radish, quarter if use turnip
- 50 grams/ 1.8oz celery, diced bite size
- 100grams/ 3.5oz carrot, diced bite size
- 100grams/ 3.5oz onion, diced bite size
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp white pepper
- 5 tbsp white wine
- 200ml/ 6.8 fl oz water
- 100grams/ 3.5oz maitake, chopped
- 100grams/ 3.5oz fresh shiitake mushroom, chopped
- 100grams/ 3.5oz shimeji mushroom, chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil, for sauteing the mushroom
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic/ smashed garlic
- 1/4 onion, sliced
- 1 piece bay leaf
- 2 tbsp soft flour/ cake flour
- 1 cup milk
- as need salt, for final seasoning
- as need white pepper, for final seasoning
- as need chopped parsley, for garnish
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken with salt and pepper, then leave it for a sit.
- Peel away the skin of Satoimo taro (yam), and lotus root, remove the hard fiber of celery, lastly, wash away the dirt which hidden between the turnip leaves’ branch.
- Cut the carrot, lotus root, big onion, lotus root and the celery into bite size, while quarter the turnip and halve the peeled satoimo taro (yam).
- Tore apart or slice the mushroom if needed, then chop all of them into a tiny fragment, set aside for later use.
- Dry the excessive water of the marinated chicken, then dust with any type of flour on it to give a coat, at both side.
- Heat a tablespoon of vegetable oil in a stew pot, place the chicken skin side in the hot oil to sear with a satisfied sizzling, brown both side then remove them from the pot, pin it to the plate and set aside.
- Again, heat a tablespoon olive oil in the Crock-Pot, then pour in all bulbous vegetable, then give them a sweat.
- After the vegetables are heated, arrange the seared chicken into the pot, then pour in the white wine, continue heating them for a minute to evaporate the alcohol content, give them a stir or two.
- sprinkle a teaspoon of salt, then pour in the water, simmer it over medium-low heat with a lid for 20 minutes.
- Heat a tablespoon of the olive oil in a pan, then fragrant the sliced onion and chopped garlic.
- Add the bay leaf and chopped mushroom when you smell the aroma of onion and garlic, which is escaping from the heated pan.
- Season the mushroom with a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Cook and stir the mushroom until softened, then add in the cake flour to make a roux, stir them well over low heat until the mushroom mixture is sticky, beware of burn.
- Gradually stir in the milk and mixing them constantly, mix until smooth without particle, and let it simmer for a moment, remove from heat and set aside.
- 20 minutes of the vegetable simmering, Ting!!! lift up the lid of the stew pot, use a fork to check if the bulbous vegetables are soft, especially the yam.
- Add in the mushroom bechamel into the pot of stewed vegetable, gently mix and dilute the bechamel to the stew evenly, further simmer for a couple of minutes.
- Taste it, then season with extra salt and pepper if needed.
- Scoop it into a bowl, garnish with chopped parsley, and enjoy!! 🙂