Chicken Braised with SoySauce 酱油鸡

Ingredients #1

1. chicken, cut to pieces, 500g

2. soy sauce, of couse, 2-3 tablespoons

4. sugar, a bit

5. pepper powder, a bit

Ingredients #2

1. shittake mushrooms, 20 pieces, pre-soaked

2. garlic, 2 bulbs, de-skinned

Mehtod :

1. marinate the chicken with soy sauce, sugar and pepper

for about 1 hour,

 2. saute the chicken till half-cooked,

3. put in the shittake mushrooms, and garlic,

4. add in water to slightly cover all ingredients,

( more water means extra time for simmers,

which lead to the chicken too soft)

5. simmer till the gravy is reduce to halve.

( or to your own preference )

optional ingredients :

1. 5-spice powder

2. star anise

3. potato

4. arrowhead

5. dried beancurd