Chinese home cooking

Covered-Pan Chicken with Winter Melon

Name: Covered-Pan Chicken with Winter Melon
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 large legs chicken, deboned and cut into pieces; winter melon; fresh cordyceps flowers; 1 spoonful light soy sauce; 2 spoonfuls oyster sauce; a little sugar; a little pepper; a little salt; a little shredded ginger; chopped scallions

冬瓜桑拿鸡

Chicken is cooked over a bed of winter melon and cordyceps flowers in a covered pan, using the moisture released by the ingredients.

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Also known as Winter melon sauna chicken · Winter Melon and Chicken Sauna Pot.

Published 2026-10-12

English adaptation and editing of authorized supplied recipes: Chinese Home Cooking.

Chicken pieces, pale winter melon and orange cordyceps flowers in a dark pan. — Covered-Pan Chicken with Winter Melon

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About This Recipe

This covered-pan chicken with winter melon uses sliced melon as a bed beneath the marinated chicken and cordyceps flowers. The melon is cut about 1 cm thick and arranged in a single layer. The supplied method adds no water and cooks the ingredients under a lid.

Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

2 large legschicken, deboned and cut into pieces
winter melon
fresh cordyceps flowers
1 spoonfullight soy sauce
2 spoonfulsoyster sauce
a littlesugar
a littlepepper
a littlesalt
a littleshredded ginger
chopped scallions

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Mix the chicken with the light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, pepper, salt and shredded ginger. Marinate for 15 minutes.
02
Peel the winter melon and cut it into slices about 1 cm thick. Arrange it in a single layer in a flat pan and add fresh cordyceps flowers.
03
Spread the chicken over the vegetables, cover and cook over medium heat for 12 minutes. The source adds no water.
04
Sprinkle with chopped scallions before serving.

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Cooking Method

One-Pot

FAQ

Is water added to this chicken and winter melon recipe?

No water is added in the supplied method. Arrange the sliced winter melon beneath the chicken and cook the ingredients in a covered pan, using the moisture they release.

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