Pot-roasted chicken with maitake

This dish is especially healthy since the maitake used in this dish is believed to have many health benefits, and the cooking method (braising) can help to preserve the nutrition.

Ingredients:

1 medium-size chicken, trim excessive fat
1/2 lb maitake, already soaked well in water
5-6 pieces of ham
3 slices of ginger
green onions, chopped
1 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
1 tablespoon of cooking wine
1 teaspoon of black pepper

Direction：

1. Place the chicken in boiling water for a couple of minutes, then put it into a pot, add cooking wine, ginger, green onion, ham, vegetable oil and water just to cover the chicken. Bring it to boil.
2. Add water in a larger pot, place the smaller pot in the water, cover the larger pot and braise the chicken for about 2 hours.
3. Add salt and maitake, and braise the chicken for another 15 fifteen minutes.
4. Add the black pepper before serve.