White cut chicken breast

4 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1(large) chicken breast
3cupsWater
1Scallion
1Or
2slicesFresh ginger root
3tablespoonsSoy sauce
1tablespoonSherry
1teaspoonSugar
1teaspoonVinegar
½teaspoonSalt
3dropsSesame oil; more or less
3dropsTabasco sauce; more or less

Directions

1. Place chicken breast in a saucepan. Boil water and pour over chicken.

Simmer, covered, 10 minutes.

2. Drain, reserving liquid for stock. Let chicken cool; then bone. With a sharp knife, cut in ¾-inch strips. Arrange, skin-side up, on a serving dish.

3. Mince scallion and ginger root and sprinkle over chicken. Combine soy sauce, sherry, sugar, vinegar, salt and sesame oil. Pour over chicken. Then sprinkle with Tabasco Sauce and serve.

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