Red-cooked or soy chicken #1

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Spring chicken
1 cup Soy sauce
Water to cover

Directions

1. Wipe chicken with a damp cloth. Place in a heavy pan with soy sauce and cold water. Bring to a boil over medium heat; then simmer, covered, until done (30 to 40 minutes). Turn once or twice for even coloring.

2. Let chicken cool slightly. With a cleaver, chop, bones and all, in 2-inch sections; or carve Western-style. Serve hot with its sauce; or serve cold, reserving sauce for later use as a "master sauce" (see recipe).

NOTE: Simmer a 4- to 5-Pound bird about an hour.

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

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