Braised chicken wings w/black bean sauce

8 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1-(up to)
2tablespoonsFermented black beans
2poundsChicken wings
½cupGreen pepper
½cupOnion
1Clove garlic
3tablespoonsOil
½teaspoonSalt
1cupStock
1teaspoonSoy sauce
1dashPepper
1tablespoonCornstarch
2tablespoonsWater

Directions

1. Soak fermented black beans.

2. With a cleaver, chop off bony wing tips and discard; then chop each wing in 5 sections.

3. Dice green pepper and onions. Mince garlic and mash with soaked black beans.

4. Heat oil. Add salt, then black bean-garlic mixture. Stir-fry a few times to heat through. Add chicken sections and brown lightly.

5. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Then simmer, covered, 10 minutes.

6. Add green pepper and onion and simmer, covered, 10 minutes more. Then stir in soy sauce and pepper.

7. Meanwhile blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste; then stir in to thicken sauce.

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