Phoenix and Dragon

Name: Phoenix and Dragon
Yield: Serves 4 as a Main Course, 6 as an appetizer.
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken breast (about 1 pound), boned and butterflied; 1 whole chicken breast (about 1 pound), boned and butterflied; 4 thin slices Smithfield ham; 1 whole chicken breast (about 1 pound), boned and butterflied; 4 pieces fresh caul fat; ¼ cup water chestnut powder, flour, or cornstarch; ¼ cup water chestnut powder, flour, or cornstarch; ¼ cup water chestnut powder, flour, or cornstarch; 4 cups peanut oil for deep-frying

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a Main Course .

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Chinese Technique

By Ken Hom

Published 1981

About

Ingredients

4 thin slices Smithfield ham
1 whole chicken breast (about 1

Asia
China
Main course
Starter

Method

Deep-frying, stir-frying

Lay 2 slices of ham on one side of the butterflied breast. Refold the breast, enclosing the ham. The ham flavors the chicken from the inside.