Steamed Chicken in Yunnan Pot

雲南汽鍋蒸鷄

Preparation info
  • It serves

    6

    as a first course .
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

  • About

A Yunnan pot is ingenious, and unique. It resembles a porcelain casserole from the outside, but it contains a central chimney inside that tapers to a point below the well-fitted lid. The ingredients are scattered around the chimney and the pot is then covered and placed inside a steaming pot so that the steam rises through the chimney, hits the lid, and forms into a fine mist that sprays the ingredients until done. Poultry cooked in this pot is a marvel of superb flavor and succulence. Unus