1 lb boned chicken
MARINATE
1 tbsp egg white
1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp soysauce (light)
10 mushrooms (sliced)
1 cup diced green peppers
1/2 cup sliced water chestnuts (or diced ba, mboo shoot)
20 slices cooked carrot
3 tbsp diced scallion
1 tbsp sliced ginger
SEASONING SAUCE
2 tbsp light soysauce
1/2 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp wine
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp sesame oil
BIRD'S NEST
2/3 lb potatoes
1/3 tsp salt
1 cup cornstarch
8 cup oil
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Ch'ueh Ch'ao Chi Ting (Stir-Fried Chicken In
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Procedure:
1. Dice the chicken into 1/2 inch pieces and marinate for half an
hour with marinating sauce (1 tb of egg white, 1 1/2 tb cornstarch,
and 1 tb soysauce).
Fry in lukewarm oil until the meat becomes white and then drain.
2. Heat the pan with 3 tb of oil and saute scallion, ginger,
mushrooms, water chestnuts, carrot, green pepper. Then put in the
chicken cubes and add the seasoning sauce. Turn up to high heat. Stir
and pour into bird's nest.
3. Bird's nest: Cut the potatoes into thin shreds.
Run through cold water, drain, and dry. Place into a bowl and mix
with 1/3 ts salt, 1 cup of cornstarch. Then place potato shreds in
one strainer and press upon it another strainer and submerge both in
very hot oil. Deep fry about 4 minutes until golden brown. Drain and
take the bird's nest out from the strainer.
4. Shred and deep fry some green vegetables or shred some lettuce
and place under the nest for decoration.
Posted by [COOKIE LADY] from Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book Volume II
by Fu. Pei Mei Printed by Chiu-Yu Printing Co, Ltd (1974)
Serves: 4
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