Chicken & Chestnuts Stew | Community Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 6 chicken thighs (boned but with skin)
• chestnuts
• 4 centimetres piece of fresh ginger (sliced)
• 6 shallots (thinly sliced)
• 500 millilitres water
• 5 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce (dark)
• 3 tablespoons shao hsing wine
• ½ teaspoon sesame oil
• 5 teaspoons sugar
• 2 pinches of dried chillies
• oil (for frying)
• fresh coriander (for garnishing)