*105. Chicken 4-4-4-4

三杯子鷄

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2 to 3

    persons
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Hsiang Ju Lin and Tsuifeng Lin

Published 1957

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Ingredients

  • A 4-lb. chicken
  • 4 tablespoons wine
  • 4

Method

Chop the chicken up and place it in a pot together with all the remaining ingredients. Bring the mixture to the boil, give it a stir, cover the pot and simmer it for 30 minutes without further stirring. An attempt to bone the chicken before cooking it in rough and tumble destroys the flavour. Why? The reason is that the marrow contributes a great deal of flavour to the sauce. Prolonged stewing