盆菜 (Pen Cai)

My first lunar new year dish for year 2015 will be Pen Cai (盆菜)。This is my simple homecooked version.  Hope my hubby and my kids like it.

盆菜 
Pen Cai
Ingredients:
Abalone
Roasted Chicken thigh
Prawns
Mushroom, soak in some water to soften the mushroom and remember to trim off the middle hard portion.
Straw Mushroom
Dried Scallop
Cabbage
Brocolli

Soup Base:
250 ml Swason Chicken Broth
Water from soaking mushroom
300ml Water

Recipe for roasted chicken: Roasted Chicken Thigh


Method:
1. Boil soup base in a pot. Add mushroom and dried scallop in it and let it slowly simmer/ braised for abt for 45min to 1 hrs.  Take out and set aside. Then blanch brocolli using the soup base.
2. In a claypot, lay cabbage in it. Add some soup base in it and simmer for few mins till cabbage is cooked.
3. Then arrange the roasted chicken thigh, brocolli, straw mushroom, mushrooms, prawns, dried scallop, abalone on top of the cabbage.
4. Scoop the remainder soup base in it and simmer for few mins.
5. Serve