Recipe - Steamed Deep-Fried Chicken Stuff Wrice

2 cup Glutinous rice
6 Dried black rushrooms
One half cup Lotus seeds
1 (4lb) chicken
One fourth cup Smoked ham
1 Chinese sausage
1 teaspoon Salt
Stock to cover
Cornstarch
Oil for deepfrying
1 Lemon

1. Separately soak glutinous rice and dried mushrooms. Blanch lotus seeds.

2. Bone chicken, keeping its skin and natural shape intact (see "Howto
Section").

3. Dice smoked ham, Chinese sausage and soaked mushrooms. Mix well with
salt, soaked rice and lotus seeds.

4. Stuff chicken with mixture and sew up securely or skewer. Place bird in
a deep heatproof bowl. Heat enough stock to cover chicken and pour over.

5. Steam 2 hours (see "Howto Section").

6. Drain chicken, reserving liquid for stock. Transfer bird to a platter
and, with a spatula, gently flatten it, taking care that chicken does not
burst. Let cool; then dust lightly with cornstarch.

7. Wash and dry original steaming bowl. Return chicken and steam 15 minutes
more. Let cool briefly.

8. Heat oil. Gently lower in bird, using a wire basket or large
longhandled Chinese strainer. Deepfry, basting and turning, until golden.
Drain on paper toweling, then transfer to a cutting board.

9. With a sharp knife, cut through chicken and stuffing in 2inch slices,
then in 2inch squares. Arrange on a platter; garnish with lemon wedges and
serve.

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