Name: The Pieces of Eight (炸八塊)
Yield: Serves 2 to 3 persons
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 level teaspoon ginger powder or very finely chopped fresh ginger; ½ level teaspoon MSG; 1 pair chicken breasts; 2 chicken legs; Cornflour (cornstarch); 1 level teaspoon salt; 2 level teaspoons sugar; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; ¼ pint (⅔ cup) pale dry sherry; Fat for deep-frying; ½ level teaspoon pepper

Preparation info

Serves
2 to 3
persons

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chinese Gastronomy

By Hsiang Ju Lin and Tsuifeng Lin

Published 1957

About

Ingredients

2 chicken legs
1 pair chicken breasts
Cornflour (cornstarch)
Fat for deep-frying</

Method

Cut the white meat and the dark meat of the chicken into eight pieces each, making sixteen pieces in all. Soak the pieces in the marinade for 3 to 6 hours. Dust them with cornflour, and fry them in deep fat until well browned.