Free Recipe Deep-Fried Whole Chicken
Recipe Type: P Recipes
Recipe Preparation: cook
Cooking Ingredients for Deep-Fried Whole Chicken Recipe
1 Chicken
1 -(up to)
2 ts Salt
1 tb Sherry
1 Scallion stalk
3 sl Fresh ginger root
Oil for deep-frying
Pepper
Deep-Fried Whole Chicken Preparation
1. Wipe chicken with a damp cloth. Rub salt and sherry into its skin. 2. Cut scallion stalk in half; slice ginger root; then place both inside cavity. Hang bird up to dry in a cool, airy place 1 to 2 hours (see How-to Section .) 3. Heat oil. place chicken in a wire basket or large long-handled Chinese strainer. Lower bird gently into oil and baste constantly inside and out until it turns golden. 4. Drain on paper toweling. Let cool slightly, then chop in bite-size pieces. Sprinkle with pepper and serve. NOTE: The double or triple method of deep-frying can be used here. Lift the bird out of the oil entirely once or twice and let cool slightly. Reheat the oil each time. From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4.
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Recipe Serves: 8
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