Chicken Wings & Burdocks - (ref. Collagen February 9th)

Another easy to make recipe which has lots of collagen (chicken wings) and fibres (burdocks), especially good for women.   Burdocks actually is a good source of Iron and minerals - sometimes hardworking women lack these, so i make sure i cook burdocks for my own health at least once a week.

Serve 2 persons (at 336 kcal, salt of 3gram - excluding skin of chicken wings)

Ingredients:

6 chicken wings

100 gram of burdocks

1/2 onions (100 gram)

1/2 welsh onions (spring onions) 

30 gram of ginger (sliced thin)

350 ml of water 

2 tspb of salad oil

Sauce:

2 tbsp of miso

soy sauce, sugar, mirin, sake (1 tbsp each)

How to make:

1. Break chicken wings to separate it into 2 parts

2. Cut burdocks into 4-5 cm slices and dip them in clean water to get rid of bitterness

3. Cut welsh onions into 4-5 cm slices and also slice ginger acccordingly

4. Prepare the sauce mixture by putting all the ingredients into small bowl

5. Heat the frying pan, put into the pan 2 tsp of salad oil and start frying chicken wings first

6. Boil 350ml water in the pot then put into the boiling water, burdocks, ginger, onions and welsh onions then the fried chicken wings.   

7. Cook for 5 minutes, then pour in the sauce mixture.  Cook with the sauce for 10 minutes at medium fire.  You do not need to cover the pot with lids.   When the chicken wings change colors and sauce mixture runs out, turn of the fire.

Recommendation:

8. Turn over chicken wings to get an even color from the sauce.