Braised Mutton with Chestnuts Recipe
Chinese Recipes

Ingredients:

640 g
320 g
1 piece
3
2
1 tsp
1
1

Seasoning:
2 tbsp
2 tbsp
1 tsp
1 tsp
1/2 tsp
5 cups

Thickening:
2 tsp
4 tbsp
 

mutton
chestnuts
cassia bark
star aniseeds
red chili
crushed ginger
carrot
turnip

soy sauce
oyster sauce
chicken powder
brown sugar
salt
water

caltrop starch
water

Method :

1. Cut mutton into pieces. Scald. Then rinse in cold water and drain. Cut carrot and turnip into slant pieces.

2. Put half portion of carrot and turnip pieces into a pot. Then add mutton and cook for 15 minutes. Remove mutton. Rinse in cold water and drain. Discard carrot and turnip pieces.

3. Heat wok and add oil. Sauté crushed ginger. Add mutton and stir fry until the ingredients are cooked. Then add seasoning, cassia bark, star aniseeds and red chilies. Bring the ingredients to the boil. Then cook over low heat for 1 1/2 hours. Use chopsticks to pierce through the mutton. If the mutton can be pierced through, it is cooked. Then add chestnuts and the remaining portion of carrot and turnip pieces. Braise until the chestnuts become tender and there is a suitable amount of sauce left. Stir in thickening. Serve.