Everyday food~ Bagger's Chicken

Bagger‘s chicken

Ingredients:

·         1 2 1/2 - 3 pound fryer chicken

·         2 teaspoons salt

·         1 teaspoon ginger juice

·         4 tablespoons oil

·         1 scallion (green onion, spring onion), chopped fine

·         4 ounces pork, shredded

·         1 tablespoon sherry

·         1 tablespoon light soy sauce

·         1 teaspoon sugar

·         2 ounces preserved Yunnan cabbage, julienne

·         1 large piece of aluminum foil

Preparation:

1. Rub cleaned chicken with salt. Rub ginger juice inside chicken. Set aside.

2. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in wok. Stir-fry scallion. Add pork. Stir on high heat. Add sherry, soy sauce, and sugar. Remove to bowl.

3. Heat 2 tablespoons more oil in wok. Stir-fry cabbage. Pour in meat mixture. Stir-fry 1 minute.(Add more sugar if desired).

4. Stuff meat mixture into chicken. Wrap in foil and place in pan.

5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake chicken 1 hour. Then turn heat to 400 degrees and bake 15 more minutes.

6. Remove foil. Remove stuffing from chicken to platter. Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces. Arrange on top of stuffing. Serve hot.
Reprinted with permission from Madame Wong's Long-life Chinese Cookbook