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Mwei Jiong Gai (Chicken In Plum Sauce)

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup 118mlOil
1   Garlic
3 lbs 1362g / 48ozFrying chicken
1/3 cup 78mlPlum sauce
5   Celery stalks - diced
4   Ginger
3 tablespoons 45mlSherry
4   Carrots
2 teaspoons 10mlSugar
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
1/3 cup 78mlChinese pickles
1/4 cup 59mlWater
2 teaspoons 10mlCornstarch mixed with 1/4
1 cup 237mlWater

Recipe Instructions

PREPARATION:

Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces. Peel carrots and cut into cubes. Crush garlic.

COOKING:

Place oil and garlic in skillet. Brown Chicken, stir 5 minutes, cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes. Add plum sauce celery, ginger, sherry, carrots, sugar salt, pickles and water.

Simmer covered for 12 minutes. Add cornstarch-water mixture to thicken gravy.

Source:
Cooking Light, Sept. 1995, page 107

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