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This Chinese dessert features Young chicken, Cooked ham, Green cabbage or broccoli, Salt, Sugar. It delivers hearty, protein-packed satisfaction, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Chicken A La Kin Hwa
Description
This Chinese dessert features Young chicken, Cooked ham, Green cabbage or broccoli, Salt, Sugar. It delivers hearty, protein-packed satisfaction, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.Ingredients
Directions
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This colorful dish is also very simple to make.
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Kin Hwa refers to the delicious ham from Jinhua.
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Chicken, a la Kin Hwa, is traditionally served with the head as a center piece.
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Clean the chicken, plunge it into a pot of boiling water, immediately turn off the
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heat and put on a tight lid.
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Leave the chicken in the hot water for an hour, then take it out and leave it to cool.
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Carefully remove the meat from the bone but keep the skin on; cut the chicken into 24 pieces.
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Cut the ham into 24 thin slices.
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Arrange the chicken and ham slices in alternating overlapping layers on a plate, and steam for 10 minutes.
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Meanwhile parboil the greens in chicken stock until soft, then
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arrange them around the chicken and ham.
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In a little saucepan, warm about half a cup of chicken stock with salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate and cornstarch (corn flour);
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stir to
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make it smooth;
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add sesame seed oil and
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pour it over the chicken and ham.
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Serve either as a starter for a banquet or as a main course for an informal meal.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 872.2kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 38.3g59%
- Saturated Fat 10.2g51%
- Cholesterol 279.8mg94%
- Sodium 8365.6mg349%
- Total Carbohydrate 22.1g8%
- Dietary Fiber 6.2g25%
- Sugars 6.0g
- Protein 97.5g195%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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