Recipe - Stir-Fried Minced Chicken

One half pound Boned Chicken Breast
One half cup Diced mushrooms *
One half cup Diced ham
1 cup Diced bamboos shoot
1 cup Diced white leeks (optional)
One half cup Green beans (cooked)
2 Eggs
3 ounce Rice noodles
1 cup Oil
20 Mandarin Dan Bing **

TO MARINATE
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
1 tablespoon Cold water

SEASONING SAUCE
1 teaspoon Salt
1 One half tablespoon Soy sauce (light)
2 teaspoon Cornstarch
1 teaspoon Sesame oil
2 tablespoon Soup stock
3/16 teaspoon Black pepper

** *(or soaked black mushrooms) **(or spring roll skin)

1. Heat oil until very hot. Deep fry the rice noodles until puffed and
golden (only 2 or 3 seconds for each side). Put on a platter. Crush them
with a fork or chopsticks.

2. Cut the chicken into One fourth inch cubes. Marinate with salt, cornstarch and
water at least 20 minutes. Then fry with 1 cup of hot oil only 30 seconds
and drain.

3. Make a thin pancake with the beaten eggs, cut into One fourth inch cubes.

4. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Stir fry the mushrooms, the bamboo
shoot, the green beans, and the ham. After 1 minute add fried chicken, egg
cubes, and seasoning sauce. Stir fry over high heat until mixture thickens.
Then, add the white leeks. Turn off the heat right away. Put on platter
over fried rice noodles.

5. Serve with Mandarin Dan Bing or spring roll skin which will be used to
wrap around the meat and noodle mixture.

NOTE: The recipe for "Dan Bing", a thin Chinese pancake, can be found on
page 231 of Volume I of Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book.

Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book Volume II by Fu. Pei Mei Printed by ChiuYu
Printing Co, Ltd (1974)

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