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Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine

written by Marvellina Updated: October 8, 2019
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Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine – Chicken pieces and wood ear mushrooms are cooked in aromatic and sweet DOM Benedictine. Suitable as part of a regular meal or confinement food. Can be made with Instant Pot too.

Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine #chicken #Mushroom #dombenedictine #easyrecipe #confinement

This Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine brought me back to 2010 when I had my first baby and had to go through a confinement period. This dish made it into the menu rotation for probably once every week or every two weeks.

Wood Ear Mushroom

Wood Ear Mushroom

All plumped up after soaking

What is DOM Benedictine Liqueur?
DOM is used a lot in Chinese confinement cooking. You can read all about it at Wikipedia, but basically it is a herbal liqueur with a pretty distinctive flavor and it has that sweet taste. The DOM Benedictine is packaged very nicely in Asia. They come in a super nice thick box that is ready for “gifting”. Mom who just gave birth to a baby, more often than not, receive DOM Benedictine as a gift in Asia.
Make sure you get the DOM Benedictine if using for confinement and not DOM Benedictine B&B. The B&B is diluted with brandy and makes it less sweet.
Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine

It’s not easy to find DOM Benedictine here in Minnesota. Only certain liquor stores carry DOM Benedictine. Majority carries the B&B version. We paid $38.00 for 750 ml bottle of DOM Benedictine. It’s not cheap!

Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine #chicken #Mushroom #dombenedictine #easyrecipe #confinement

Cooked in Instant Pot

[disclosure]
You don’t need an Instant Pot to make this dish. A steamer will work just fine. I like to use Instant Pot because of the convenience factor. I can put everything in there and set the time and go. It is a bit much faster than using the steamer and using the pressure cook feature gives me nice tender chicken pieces too.

Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine

This Chicken Mushroom with DOM Benedictine is suitable for regular consumption and not only for women who are doing confinement. My husband loves this dish. The kids eat them too. It’s a boozy chicken dish that most people won’t mind 😉

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Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine #chicken #Mushroom #dombenedictine #easyrecipe #confinement

Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine #chicken #Mushroom #dombenedictine #easyrecipe #confinement

Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine #chicken #Mushroom #dombenedictine #easyrecipe #confinement
*Recipe is written for 6-quart Instant Pot. Cooking time should remain the same for 8-quart size but will take longer to pressurize. For mini duo (3-quart), I suggest to half the recipe and use the same amount of time to cook*

Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine

Chicken Mushrooms with DOM Benedictine

Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Servings 4 servings
5 from 7 reviews
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Ingredients

  • 3 -4 dried wood ear mushroom soaked in warm water, cut into smaller pieces
  • 1 lb boneless free-range / all-natural chicken thighs or breast cut into bite size
  • 2 Tbsp of sesame oil divided
  • 4 Tbsp DOM Benedictine Liqueur
  • Pinch of salt
  • 3 inch fresh ginger peeled and thinly sliced

Equipment recommended:

  • Instant Pot
  • Steamer

Instructions
 

Cooking with Instant Pot:

  • Place the chicken pieces and mushroom in a heat-proof bowl. Add 1 Tbsp sesame oil, DOM, pinch of salt and marinate the chicken for 15 minutes.  Pour about 2 cups of water into the insert of instant pot. Place the trivet and set the bowl of chicken on top of the trivet. Secure the lid. Turn the steam release handle to seal. Press pressure cook, high pressure and set the timer to 10 minutes. When 10 minutes are up, carefully do a quick release.  I usually use a kitchen towel, folded into few layers to loosely cover the valve so the steam won't "shoot" up so forcefully. Uncover the lid and transfer to serving platter

Cooking with steamer:

  • Place the chicken pieces and mushroom in a heat-proof bowl. Add 1 Tbsp sesame oil, DOM, pinch of salt and marinate the chicken for 15 minutes. Get your steamer ready. Place the bowl of chicken in the steamer and steam on high heat for 30 minutes.

Making crispy ginger:

  • While the chicken is cooking, preheat a small skillet with 1 Tbsp of sesame oil. Add in ginger slices and fry until crispy and dry. 

Serving:

  • Top the crispy ginger on top of the chicken and serve immediately

Marv's Recipe Notes

  1. The alcohol is "cooked-off" during the cooking process, hence it is safe to use alcohol in cooking if you prepare this as confinement food
  2. If you choose not to pan fry the ginger, you can add the ginger slices when you pressure cook or steam the chicken
  3. You can tone down on the amount of DOM Benedictine and use regular oil if you don't like sesame oil if you are preparing this as part of a regular meal.
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2 comments

Lisa January 17, 2021 - 10:03 pm

Prepare this in the instapot. Found DOM at total wine . Serve my daughter her 1st dish with ETHL🤣.She ask me where’s the Chinese sausage

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Marvellina January 18, 2021 - 2:48 pm

That’s funny! I think this will be great with Chinese sausage too 🙂

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