Yu Lan Chicken (steam chicken with ham) by Rontree Chan


This dish originally used 金华火腿but hard to get it now, so i used cheap chicken picnic ham instead.
2 pcs of chicken boneless thigh (remove skin and fat) cut into about 5cm square.

Marinate the chicken for 30 mins with 2 tsp low salt soy sauce, 2 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp chinese wine, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 tsp chicken powder and 2.5 tsp corn flour.

Cut the picnic ham to around 5cm square.

Lay alternately 1 pc chicken over 1 pc ham on a steaming plate with some ginger slices beneath the chicken. Steam for 15 mins over medium fire.

Sauce : 1/2 bowl water + 2.5tsp corn flour , 2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp low salted soy sauce, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp sesame oil and 1 tsp chinese wine. cook over a sauce pan till thicken.

Dish out the chicken / ham and lay on serving plate, pour the sauce over to serve.