Description
Just throw bone-in chicken, rehydrated dried shiitake, ginger into a Tatung cooker. A god-tier soup Taiwan students make thinking of home when sick or tired.
Restaurants serving Tatung Simple Shiitake Chicken Soup
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Bone-in chicken
- Dried shiitake
- Ginger
- Salt
- Rice wine
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Rehydrate dried shiitake (*Keep soaking liquid).
- Briefly pour hot water over bone-in chopped chicken to wash off scum (crucial odor-removal step).
- Put chicken, shiitake, soaking liquid, ginger slices, water, salt, a little rice wine in Tatung 'inner pot'.
- Put
- cup water in Tatung 'outer pot', set inner pot, press switch.
- When switch pops up (~
- mins later), steam for
- mins to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense umami aroma of dried shiitake and ginger freshness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Pork spare ribs (becomes Xianggu Paigu Tang)
Pairing
White Rice、Garlic cabbage stir-fry
Trivia
[For Women] Absolute staple soup of Taiwan home cooking. No labor of simmering on a stove; slow-heated by Tatung's 'steam power', keeping soup clear, chicken tender, shiitake fluffy. A mass of gentleness permeating tired bodies/minds after exams.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Dump boiled 'somen (Mianxian)' or 'glass noodles (Dongfen)' into the soup, eating as a staple soup noodle absorbing all chicken/shiitake umami!
Allergen
Chicken