Chinese Chicken Recipes - Far Eastern Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

• 60 ml/4 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 450 g/1lb chicken meat, cut into chunks

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt

• 2 onions, chopped

• 2 pieces stem ginger, chopped

• 45 ml/3 tbsp soy sauce

• 30 ml/2 tbsp hoisin sauce

• 45 ml/3 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups chicken stock

• 5 ml/1 tsp freshly ground pepper

• 6 hard-boiled (hard-cooked) eggs, chopped

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 15 ml/1 tbsp water

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Method:

1. Heat the oil and fry the chicken until golden brown. Add the garlic, salt, onions and ginger and fry for 2 minutes.

2. Add the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, wine or sherry, stock and pepper. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the eggs.

3. Mix the corn-flour and water and stir it into the sauce. Bring to the boil and simmer, stirring, until the sauce thickens.