GREAT
CHINESE RECIPES
CHICKEN
WITH CRAB RECIPE
1
kg (2 lb.) chicken
2 teaspoons soy sauce
2
tablespoons honey
Oil
for deep-frying
Put
chicken in large pan of boiling salted-water, cover tightly and stand for 30
minutes.
Remove
the chicken from pan, drain and pat dry.
Combine
honey with soy sauce and rub the mixture well over chicken.
Hang
to dry for at least 4 hours or, refrigerate overnight, uncovered.
Cut
the chicken in half length-ways.
Heat
oil in pan and deep-fry the chicken gently, one half at a time, until golden
and completely cooked through.
Cut
the chicken into small pieces, Chinese-style.
SAUCE
125
g (4 oz.) crab meat
1
egg white
1-cup
chicken stock
¼
teaspoon sugar
2
teaspoons dry sherry
1-teaspoon
corn flour
Salt,
pepper
2
teaspoons oil
Heat
the oil in a pan, add combined chicken stock, sugar, dry sherry and corn
flour, then stir until the sauce boils, then add the crab meat and stir until
sauce thickens, season with salt and pepper.
Add
egg white, then remove from heat immediately and stand for 1 minute or, until
the egg white sets, stir quickly to mix the egg white through sauce.
Spoon
the sauce over chicken.
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