The Yin-Yang Dish

Name: The Yin-Yang Dish
Yield: Serves 8 with 4 Other Dishes
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 egg white, lightly beaten; 15 ml (1 tbsp) peanut or vegetable oil; 6 turns black peppermill; 10 ml (2 tsp) thick or dark soy sauce; 5 ml (1 tsp) Shaoxing wine or medium dry sherry; 10 ml (2 tsp) plain flour; 1 egg yolk; 15 ml (1 tbsp) thick or dark soy sauce; twice 5 ml (1 tsp) tapioca or potato flour dissolved in 15 ml (1 tbsp) water, put into 2 separate dishes; 2 ml (⅓ tsp) salt; 10 ml (2 tsp) cornflour; 6 turns white peppermill; 8 spring onions, trimmed and cut into 4 cm (1½ in) sections, white parts only; 15 ml (1 tbsp) Shaoxing wine or medium dry sherry; 175 ml (6 fl oz/¾ cup) chicken stock; salt; half of 1 long cucumber, cut into wedges; 1 large clove garlic, peeled and finely chopped; 10 ml (2 tsp) finely chopped ginger; 8 g (¼ oz) cloud ears, reconstituted and broken up; 50 g (2 oz) canned bamboo shoots, cut into thin slices and blanched; 60 ml (4 tbsp) peanut or vegetable oil; vegetable oil for deep-frying; 350 g (12 oz) chicken breast fillets, cut crossways into slices about 3 mm (⅛ in) thick; 350 g (12 oz) pork fillet, cut crossways into slices about 3 mm (⅛ in) thick

Preparation info

Serves
8
with 4 Other Dishes

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Classic Food of China

By Yan-Kit So

Published 1992

About

Even though Shanxi province cannot boast of a cuisine like its neighbouring province, Shandong, it nevertheless has produced a dish that is famous all over north China, especially in restaurants. It plays with the yin-yang concept, yin being the chicken and egg white, and yang the pork and egg yolk. The end result is an echo of the same theme, the whitish chicken next to the russet pork. It may look like a long recipe, but it is a fun one to make, particularly if you can enlist some help, f

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Asia
China
Shandong
Shanxi
Main course
Dinner

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