CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Meats |
Chinese |
Meat |
6 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
2 |
oz |
Beche-de-mer (up to) |
4 |
|
Dried black mushrooms |
1/2 |
c |
Chicken breast |
|
|
Water to cover |
1/2 |
lb |
Lean pork |
1 1/2 |
ts |
Soy sauce |
1 1/2 |
ts |
Sherry |
1/2 |
ts |
Salt |
1/4 |
ts |
Sugar |
1/2 |
c |
Smoked ham |
1/2 |
c |
Bamboo shoots |
1/8 |
lb |
Snow peas |
2 |
tb |
Oil |
1 |
c |
Stock |
1/2 |
ts |
Salt |
1/2 |
ts |
Sugar |
2 |
ts |
Cornstarch |
2 |
tb |
Water |
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Soak and boil beche-de-mer; cut in 1/2-inch sections. Soak dried
mushrooms.
2. Place chicken breast in water. Bring to a boil; then simmer, covered,
30 minutes. Let cool; then skin, bone and dice.
3. Mince or grind pork. Blend well with soy sauce, sherry, salt and
sugar; form into 8 walnut-size balls.
4. Dice ham. Slice bamboo shoots. Stem snow peas and cut in half; then
blanch. (See "HOW-TO SECTION".) Cut soaked mushrooms in half.
5. Heat oil. Quickly brown porkballs on all sides, then remove from pan.
6. Add stock to pan and bring to a boil. Stir in mushmrooms and bamboo
shoots to heat, then return porkballs. Cook, covered, 5 minutes over medium
heat.
7. Add beche-de-mer, diced chicken and ham, the remaining salt and
sugar. Cook, covered, 3 to 4 minutes more.
8. Meanwhile blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste, then stir in to
thicken. Stir in snow peas only to heat through and serve at once.
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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