King-Hua Chicken

Name: King-Hua Chicken (Chin hua yü shu chi)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken (about 1-½ pounds); 4 oz. Chinese virginia ham; ½ pound Chinese broccoli or green leafy vegetable (e.g. bok choy); 2 green onions; ½ pound Chinese broccoli or green leafy vegetable (e.g. bok choy); ½ pound Chinese broccoli or green leafy vegetable (e.g. bok choy); ½ teaspoon salt; 3 slices ginger; 3 teaspoons cornstarch (make paste); 3 teaspoons cornstarch (make paste); 1-⅔ cups soup stock; 3 teaspoons cold water

Chin hua yü shu chi

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1 whole chicken (about 1-½ pounds)
4 oz. Chinese virginia ham

Asia
Taiwan
Kwangtung
Fukien
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Put 8 cups of water in the pan and boil, add green onions, ginger and whole chicken, Cover and cook for 3 minutes, turn chicken once then cook another 3 minutes, turn off the fire, Take the chicken out after 15 minutes. Reserve the water that is the soup stock.
Remove chicken bones, slice chicken meat 1” wide and 2” long, arrange on the platter. Between every t