Beggar's Chicken

The method

6 steps · 4 hr

1. 01

   Rub chicken with wine, soy, five-spice, salt; cure 2 hours.

2. 02

   Stuff cavity with ginger, scallion, mustard greens.

3. 03

   Wrap tightly in lotus leaves, then parchment.

4. 04

   Encase in salt-flour dough shell.

5. 05

   Bake at 350°F for 2.5 hours; rest 20 minutes.

6. 06

   Crack the shell at the table; peel back lotus and serve.