Basic noodles cooked chicken topping #2

4 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupCooked chicken
1Or
2Eggs
¼cupSmoked ham
1cupChinese lettuce
1cupString beans
1cupCelery
½cupCanned mushrooms
½cupOnion
¼cupWater chestnuts
¼cupBamboo shoots
2slicesFresh ginger root (up to)
3tablespoonsOil
1cupStock
1tablespoonCornstarch
1tablespoonSoy sauce
½teaspoonSugar
2tablespoonsWater

Directions

1. Slice cooked chicken. Hard boil, shell and slice eggs. Dice ham.

2. Slice Chinene lettuce, string beans, celery, mushrooms, onion, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots. Shred ginger root.

3. Heat oil. Add ginger root and stir-fry a few times. Add all vegetables; stir-fry about 3 minutes.

4. Add stock and heat quickly. Cook, covered, over medium heat until vegetables are done (5 to 7 minutes). Then stir in cooked chicken and ham only to heat through.

5. Meanwhile blend cornstarch, soy sauce, sugar and cold water to a paste; then stir in to thicken mixture. Arrange as a topping over noodles in soup.

Garnish with egg slices and serve. VARIATION: For the chicken, substitute cooked pork, beef, shrimp or lobster.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .