Title: CHICKEN CHOWED WITH BLACK BEANS
Categories: Chinese, Chicken
Yield: 4 servings
3 lb Chicken, hacked into
2" pieces
-------------------------MARINADE-------------------------
2 tb Light soy sauce
2 tb Cornstarch
1 ea Egg white
1 ts Salt
2 tb Peanut oil
------------------------ADDITIONAL------------------------
4 tb Peanut oil
3 ea Cloves garlic, chopped fine
1 ea Yellow onion, peeled and
-cut into 1" pieces
3 tb Fermented black beans (dow
-see) rinsed in plain water
-and mashed with
2 tb Dry sherry
2 ea Green sweet bell peppers
-cored and cut julienne
------------------------FINAL SAUCE------------------------
1 tb Light soy sauce
2 tb Dry sherry
1 c Chicken stock
1 ts Brown sugar
Cut the chicken and soak in the marinade for 15
minutes. Heat a wok and add 2 T of the oil. Drain
the marinade from the chicken and reserve. Brown the
chicken pieces well in the wok, then remove and set
aside. Drain the oil from the wok and discard. Heat
the wok again and add the remaining 2 T oil. Chow the
garlic for a moment and add the onions and the dow see
mashed with the sherry. Chow for a moment and add the
green peppers. Return the chicken to the wok along
with the reserved marinade. Add the ingredients for
the final sauce. Stir well and cover. Simmer the
dish until the chicken is tender but not overcooked,
about 20 minutes.
