Braised Curried Chicken With Anise

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Chinese	Poultry	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		3-lb chicken
2		Onions
1		Clove garlic
2		Fresh ginger root
2	T	Oil
3	T	Oil
1	T	Flour
1		up to
2	T	Curry powder
1	T	Sugar
2	T	Soy sauce
2	c	Stock
1/2	t	Salt
2		Cloves star anise
1	lb	Potatoes

INSTRUCTIONS

Bone chicken and cut in 2-inch cubes. Separately mince onions, garlic
and ginger root. Heat oil. Add onions; stir-fry to brown lightly;  then
remove from pan. Heat remaining oil; add garlic and stir-fry a  few
times. Then stir in ginger, flour and curry to blend. Return  onions
and stir in 1 minute over low leat. Add chicken. Raise heat to  medium
and gently stir in 3 minutes to coat. Add sugar, soy sauce,  stock,
salt and star anise. Bring to a boil; then simmer, covered, 20
minutes. Meanwhile peel potatoes and cut in 1-1/2 inch cubes. Then  add
to pan and simmer, covered, until done (about 20 minutes).  From <The
Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4.  Downloaded from
Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 196 Calories From Fat: 94 Total Fat: 10.6g Cholesterol: 1.8mg Sodium: 963.4mg Potassium: 518.2mg Carbohydrates: 19.3g Fiber: 2.4g Sugar: 4.7g Protein: 6.6g

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