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     Title: Crispy Meat and Seafood Roll
Categories: Chinese, Appetizers, Ceideburg 2
     Yield: 1 servings

MMMMM------------------BASKET GARNISH (OPTIONAL-----------------------
     1 ts Sesame oil
     6 sm Crabs
   150 g  Potato
          Cornstarch
          Cooking oil

MMMMM--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
   100 g  Shelled prawns
   100 g  Raw chicken meat
   100 g  Water chestnuts (or canned
          -water chestnuts, or celery)
   100 g  Soaked sea cucumber
          -(optional)
   100 g  Mushrooms

MMMMM---------------------SEASONING MIXTURE--------------------------
     1 tb Chinese yellow wine (or
          -sherry)
     1 tb Cornflour
     1 ts Sesame oil
   1/4 ts Salt
   1/4 ts Sugar

MMMMM----------------------------LEGS---------------------------------
    50 g  Bamboo shoots (or carrots)
   300 g  Pork caul lining (or bean
          -curd skin, or edible rice
          -paper)
   100 g  Chinese cured ham
    10 g  Coriander (12 sprigs)

MMMMM--------------------------COATING-------------------------------
     4    Egg whites
     1 tb Cornflour
     2 tb Water

MMMMM------------------------SWEET SAUCE-----------------------------
     1 tb Hoisin (barbecue) sauce
   1/2 c  Water

 Here's another of the Winners series.  This one might be a bit time
 consuming, buy there aren't any really exotic ingredients and, unless
 you get into garnishing it the way it shows in the book, not too much
 hassle. These are "mock" chicken legs++a minced mixture of meat and
 seafood rolled up and deep fried.  I'd use the rice paper option for
 wrappers as they are readily available, at least around here.  The
 basket garnish is an incredibly fussy little number actually woven
 from strips of potatoes. I'd use the two seive potato nest trick for
 that part if I bothered at all. The small crabs that go into the
 basket really are small crabs++ about two inches across the shell.
 They look neat, but add nothing to the dish aside from that.

 Establishment. Bui Hang Village Restaurant hotel Miramar) UG/F.,
 Princess Wing, Hotel Miramar, 130 Nathan Road, @Tsimshatsui, Kowloon.

 Chinese Cuisine Practical Class Platinum Award - Meat "South of the
 Yangtse River Crispy Leg" sounds prosaic in English, but to a Chinese
 the geographic description has many happy associations++ scenic
 beauty, ancient traditions, a land where poets found peace.  The
 promise of crispy legs in the dish evokes the image of Cantonese
 favorite - crispy chicken drumsticks yet the diner senses that there
 is a surprise treat in the dish.

 1.  Optional basket garnish:  Steam crabs and put aside.  Form
 potatoes into basket shapes.  This can be done by peeling them into
 long strips, which are then interwoven', and sealed with cornstarch
 paste. Deep-fry baskets over medium flame until golden. 2. Slice all
 filling ingredients at an angle, and cut into dia- mond shapes (which
 creates a better texture). Season with seasoning mixture. 3. Slice
 bamboo shoots into 12 strips each 5 cms long and 0.5 cms wide. 4.
 Divide pork caul lining into 12 triangular pieces (large enough to
 wrap "legs"). Cut ham into 24 strips. On to each pork caul lining lay
 one sprig of coriander, 2 strips of ham, and 1/12 of the diamond-cut
 filling ingredients. Place one strip of bamboo shoot on top, with
 half of it left outside wrapping. Fold and mould each filled pork
 caul lining into leg shape. 5. Mix coating ingredients with 2 tbs
 water, and coat each "leg" with the paste. 6. Mix Hoisin sauce with
 water, and simmer till thickened.

 To cook Carefully slide "legs" into medium-hot oil (sufficient to
 deep-fry all twelve at same time), with folded "leg" ends facing
 centre of wok. Deep-fry for 3 minutes, then increase heat a little
 and continue deep- frying for a further 3 minutes.

 To present 1. Lay "legs" on a paper doily in serving dish, arranging
 the potato baskets and crabs as a central garnish. 2. Serve the
 Hoisin sauce mixture on the side. From "Champion Recipes of the 1986
 Hong Kong Food Festival".  Hong Kong Tourist Association, 1986.
 Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; October 27 1992.

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