Red-stewed chicken #1

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 (4-lb) chicken
4 cups Water
1 cup Fresh mushrooms
1 cup Bamboo shoots
6 Water chestnuts
2 tablespoons Soy sauce
½ teaspoon Salt
1 dash Pepper

Directions

1. Wipe chicken with a damp cloth; then, with a cleaver, chop, bones and all, in 2-inch sections. Place in a heavy saucepan.

2. Boil water and pour over chicken. Bring to a boil again; then simmer, covered, 30 minutes.

3. Meanwhile slice mushrooms, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts. Add to chicken, along with soy sauce, salt and pepper; and simmer, covered, 30 minutes more.

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

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