Chicken & Kabocha Pumpkin Stew with Caramelised Konbu

One of the simplest meat recipes in this book, this is a delicate but flavoursome dish with three main components – chicken, dashi stock and kabocha pumpkin. For this dish to work, all three should be fresh and of the highest quality. If the budget stretches, I recommend corn-fed, preferably free-range chicken, and the dashi should be primary, crystal-clear and freshly made (see primary dashi recipe). This is an elegant chicken dish that is sure to im