Chinese Chickens Recipes - Chicken with Asparagus Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 tender pieces asparagus

• chicken stock

• 3 tablespoons raw breast of chicken

• 1 tablespoon peanut oil

• 1/2 teaspoon ginger sherry

• 1/4 pint chicken stock

• 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce

• pinch each salt, sugar and Ve-Tsin (M.S.G.)

• 1 teaspoon corn-flour

• 1 tablespoon water

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Method:

1. Use only the ender parts of the asparagus spears. Cut each diagonally into 1 in lengths. Place in a pan with enough chicken stock to cover; put on the lid and boil for 7-8 minutes.

2. Cut the chicken breast into thin strips. Heat the oil till very hot. Add the chicken and fry for 2-3 minutes, tossing and shaking the pieces to cook them on all sides.

3. Add the sherry, stock, soy sauce and seasonings and bring to the boil. Stir in the corn-flour, blended with the water, and cook for  1 1/2 minutes.

4. Turn the well drained asparagus into a heated dish and pour the chicken and sauce over them.