Recipe - Steamed Chicken And Mushrooms

4 (up to)
6 Dried black mushrooms
1 (2One half pound) chicken
4 teaspoon Cornstarch
2 tablespoon Soy sauce
2 Scallion stalks
2 Or
3 sl Fresh ginger root
One half teaspoon Salt
1 ds Pepper

1. Soak dried mushrooms.

2. With a cleaver, chop chicken, bones and all, in 1One half to 2inch
sections. Blend cornstarch and soy sauce to a paste and rub over chicken to
coat. Place in a heatproof dish.

3. Mince scallion stalks and ginger root; slice soaked mushrooms. Arrange
over chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

4. Steam until done (about 30 minutes). See "Howto Section". VARIATIONS:

1. Bone and cube the chicken; then steam only 10 to 15 minutes in step 4.

2. In step 2, add to cornstarch paste 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon peanut
oil and 2 teaspoons sherry.

3. In step 3, add One half cup bamboo shoots and 8 water chestnuts, both cut or sliced up .

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