Recipe - Chicken Of The Gods

1 Chicken * see note
1 lg Egg beaten
1 tablespoon Sherry
1 teaspoon Soy sauce
salt and pepper to
taste
One half cup Waterchestnut powder *
see note
One fourth cup Butter or margarine
softened
One fourth cup Flour
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
2 cup Chicken stock seasoned
One half cup Whipping cream
2 teaspoon Sesame seeds toasted

A chicken about 2 1/23 poundscut up. ** Available at most Chinese
markets. Marinate chicken pieces in mixture of egg, sherry, soy sauce, 1/4
teaspoon salt and dash of pepper for 20 minutes. Coat each piece of chicken
with water chestnut powder. Heat 1 inch of oil in pan. Add chicken and cook
until tender and browned on both sides. Melt butter over medium heat and
blend in flour and cornstarch. Bring chicken stock to a boil and stir
rapidly while adding butter mixture. Reduce heat and add whipping cream (or
half and half). Season to taste with salt and pepper. Neatly slice chicken
pieces and arrange on hot platter. Cover with cream sauce and sprinkle with
toasted sesame seeds. Recipe from the Bali Hai restaurant on Shelter
IslandSan Diego Printed in the Los Angeles Times California Cookbook.Jo
Merrill 11/24/93 End Recipe Export

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