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Title: Hunan Chicken
Categories: None
Yield: 4 Servings

1 Chicken (two pounds)
10 c Boiling water
1/2 c Sliced water chestnuts

------------------------------SEASONING SAUCE------------------------------
2 tb Sesame paste
1 tb Rice vinegar
1 tb Sesame oil
1 ts Chili oil
1 tb Soy sauce
1 1/2 ts Crushed Szechuan peppercorns
1 1/2 ts Minced fresh ginger root
3 tb Shredded green onion
1 tb Chopped garlic
3 tb Chopped cilantro
1 1/2 ts Chili powder [cayenne
-pepper]
1 Sliced cucumber
1 lb Fresh Chinese egg noodles;
-cooked & tossed with
1 tb Sesame oil

Cook chicken in a large saucepan of boiling water 30 to 40 minutes. Remove,
let cool. Remove bones. Shred chicken with a cleaver. Combine with water
chestnuts. Mix ingredients for seasoning sauce in a small bowl. Pour over
chicken and mix well. Refrigerate until ready to serve. To serve, peel and
halve cucumber; scoop out seeds. Cut cucumber halves in diagonal slices.
Arrange on a platter with chicken mixture. Serve with noodles. Posted to
r.f.r by: riacmt@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Carol Miller-Tutzauer)

NOTES : MC formatted by Holly Butman

Recipe by: Chinese Cookery by Rose Cheng & Michele Morris

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #772 by Holly Butman
on Sep 05, 1997