Smoked tangerine chicken (chan pei fun gai)

5 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 3# Chicken
1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Chinese wine or sherry
1 2\"X2\" Tangerine Peel
1 Whole star anise
3 tablespoons Brown sugar
Heavy foil
Fresh coriander leaves

Directions

Wipe chicken inside and out with paper towels. Combine soy, salt, sugar and rub inside and out on chicken. Allow to marinate for 20 minutes, then put in steamer for 15 minutes.

In mortar and pestle crush tangerine peel and star anise as finely as possible and mix with brown sugar. Use a large sauce pan with a tight fitting lid. Line the base of pan with foil, slightly up the sides.

Sprinkle sugar and spice mixture evenly over foil, and use a trivet or rack to elevate the chicken above it. Put over medium heat, covered, until smoke escapes. Turn heat down and smoke for 15 minutes or until done. May be served hot or cold. Garnish with sprigs of coriander. Submitted By CRAIG SCHROEDER On 10-29-95

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