Steamed Chicken Legs with Pumpkin and Chopped Pepper

Steamed Chicken Legs with Pumpkin and Chopped Pepper

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How to cook Steamed Chicken Legs with Pumpkin and Chopped Pepper at home

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  1. Wash the chicken and blanch it in a pot of boiling water (add a tablespoon of cooking wine to the water to remove the flavour). Blanch the chicken until there is no blood left. Remove it, wash and drain it and set aside.

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  2. Finely chop ginger, garlic, and pepper.

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  3. Wash the pumpkin and cut a hole from the top, and take out the melon kernels inside. My handicap is not pretty.

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  4. Heat the pot, add an appropriate amount of cooking oil and heat it until it is 80% hot.

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  5. Add the chicken and stir-fry until the chicken is slightly brown.

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  6. Add chili, Sichuan peppercorns, ginger and minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant.

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  7. Add a small spoonful of salt and light soy chicken essence and stir-fry evenly and turn off the heat.

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  8. Sweeten chicken into pumpkin.

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  9. Cover the lid and put it into the pressure cooker, and let it start for 20 minutes.

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  10. Pumpkins are particularly glutinous.

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  11. It’s both delicious and looks good!

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  12. I used a pressure cooker, so it took 20 minutes. If using a steamer, the time should be extended appropriately.

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