PARCHMENT WRAPPED CHICKEN
Ingredients:
- 2 Whole chicken breasts,
- Skinned and boned
- 3 tb Dark soy sauce
- 1 t Ginger juice*
- 1/4 ts Sugar
- Boiling Water
- 1/2 lb Fresh bean sprouts
- 6 Green onions with tops, cut
- Into 2 inch lengths and
- Slivered
- 1/3 c Chopped walnuts
- 8 8 inch squares of parchment
- Paper
- Cut eight 8 inch squares of parchment paper.
Preparation:
- Cut chicken into thin, narrow strips, about 3 inches long.
- Combine soy sauce, ginger juice and sugar in large bowl, stir in chicken, let stand 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, pour boiling water over bean sprouts, let stand one minute.
- Drain, cool under cold water and drain well.
- Thoroughly toss chicken mixture with bean sprouts, green onions and walnuts.
- Place about 1/2 cupful of chicken mixture in center of each parchment square.
- Fold bottom point of parchment over filling, crease just below filling and fold point over and under filling.
- Fold side points over filling, overlapping slightly.
- Crease paper to hold folds.
- Fold remaining corner down so point extends below bottom of bundle, tuck this point between folded sides.
- Crease paper to hold folds.
- Repeat with remaining parchment squares.
- (Ends up looking like small envelope, with flap tucked under bundle) Place bundles seam side down, in single layer on steamer rack.
- Set rack in large pot or wok of boiling water. (Do not let water level reach the bundles) Cover and steam about 7 minutes or until ch
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