Basic noodles cooked chicken topping #2

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Cooked chicken
1 Or
2 Eggs
¼ cup Smoked ham
1 cup Chinese lettuce
1 cup String beans
1 cup Celery
½ cup Canned mushrooms
½ cup Onion
¼ cup Water chestnuts
¼ cup Bamboo shoots
2 slices Fresh ginger root (up to)
3 tablespoons Oil
1 cup Stock
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
½ teaspoon Sugar
2 tablespoons Water

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, .

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