Recipe - Braised Curried Chicken With Anise

1 (3lb) chicken
2 Onions
1 Clove garlic
2 sl Fresh ginger root
2 tablespoon Oil
3 tablespoon Oil
1 tablespoon Flour
1 (up to)
2 tablespoon Curry powder
1 tablespoon Sugar
2 tablespoon Soy sauce
2 cup Stock
One half teaspoon Salt
2 Cloves star anise
1 pound Potatoes

1. Bone chicken and cut in 2inch cubes. Separately mince onions, garlic
and ginger root.

2. Heat oil. Add onions; stirfry to brown lightly; then remove from pan.
Heat remaining oil; add garlic and stirfry a few times. Then stir in
ginger, flour and curry to blend.

3. Return onions and stir in 1 minute over low leat. Add chicken. Raise
heat to medium and gently stir in 3 minutes to coat.

4. Add sugar, soy sauce, stock, salt and star anise. Bring to a boil; then
simmer, covered, 20 minutes.

5. Meanwhile peel potatoes and cut in 1One half inch cubes. Then add to pan and
simmer, covered, until done (about 20 minutes).

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.