Pon pon shredded chicken

2 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
3cupsStock (or water)
3Or 4 chicken breasts *
2tablespoonsPeanut butter
1teaspoonSesame oil
½teaspoonSugar
½teaspoonSesame oil
2Bean paste sheets (or wide carrot or cucumber strips)
½teaspoonLight soy sauce
½teaspoonRed pepper oil
¼teaspoonSalt

Directions

PON PON SHREDDED CHICKEN

SEASONING

SAUCE

* (to produce approximately 1½ cups of shredded chicken) 1. Mix well, separately, seasoning and sauce ingredients.

2. Bring stock (or salted water) to the boil, immerse chicken breasts and turn off flame. Soak until cooled, then shred into strips. (Alternatively, for authentic and finer texture, cover breasts with a clean cloth and shred by hitting them with a mallet++hence the sound of ponpon.) 3. Lay bean paste sheets in a suitable flat container, and blanch in hot water for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove and rinse under cold running water. Drain and cut into finger-sized strips and mix with sauce mixture.

4. Spoon into serving dish, pile shredded chicken on top and pour seasoning mixture over.

From "Champion Recipes of the 1986 Hong Kong Food Festival". Hong Kong Tourist Association, 1986. Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; October 26 1992.