Japanese
Chikuzenni (Simmered Chicken and Root Vegetables)
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Chikuzenni (Simmered Chicken and Root Vegetables) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the dried shiitake in warm water until soft, about 20 minutes, then slice, saving the soaking liquid.
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Cut the chicken, gobo, renkon, carrots, and konnyaku into bite-size pieces.
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Heat the oil in a pot and sear the chicken until lightly browned, then add the vegetables and shiitake and stir 2 minutes.
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Pour in the dashi, shiitake soaking liquid, soy sauce, mirin, sugar, and sake.
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Simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender and the liquid has reduced, about 20 minutes.
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Serve it with
A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chikuzenni (Simmered Chicken and Root Vegetables), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chikuzenni (Simmered Chicken and Root Vegetables) carries gluten, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad) |
| Fish | Yes | Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 370 kcal
- Protein
- 31 g
- Carbs
- 29 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 680 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Chikuzenni (Simmered Chicken and Root Vegetables) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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