Recipe - Steamed Chicken Banquet Style

8 Dried black mushrooms
18 Lily buds
1 (34 pound) chicken
3 Scallion stalks
2 sl Fresh ginger root
1 Clove garlic
3 tablespoon Soy sauce
4 tablespoon Sherry
1 teaspoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Salt
1 ds Of pepper

1. Separately soak dried mushrooms and lily buds.

2. Wipe chicken with a damp cloth. Place in a heatproof bowl.

3. Cut scallions in 1inch sections; slice ginger root; crush garlic. Cut
soaked lily buds in half; also soaked mushrooms, if large. Arrange all over
top of chicken.

4. Combine soy sauce, sherry, sugar, salt and pepper. Pour over chicken.

5. Steam until done (about 2 hours). See "Howto Section".

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