Recipe - Steamed Chicken With Anise

1 Spring chicken
1 cup Soy sauce
1 cup Water
2 teaspoon Sugar
4 Or
5 Cloves star anise

1. Wipe chicken with a damp cloth. Place in a colander over a large bowl.

2. Combine soy sauce, water, sugar and star anise in a saucepan. Bring to a
boil slowly, stirriug; then baste chicken, inside and out, with mixture to
color evenly.

3. Return leftover mixture to saucepan and slowly reheat, stirring. Then
repeat basting process. Discard mixture.

4. Transfer chicken to a heatproof bowl. Steam until done (about 30
minutes). See "Howto Section".

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