Chicken A La Kin Hwa

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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

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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 6 Calories: 872.2

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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.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. This colorful dish is also very simple to make.
  2. Kin Hwa refers to the delicious ham from Jinhua.
  3. Chicken, a la Kin Hwa, is traditionally served with the head as a center piece.
  4. Clean the chicken, plunge it into a pot of boiling water, immediately turn off the
  5. heat and put on a tight lid.
  6. Leave the chicken in the hot water for an hour, then take it out and leave it to cool.
  7. Carefully remove the meat from the bone but keep the skin on; cut the chicken into 24 pieces.
  8. Cut the ham into 24 thin slices.
  9. Arrange the chicken and ham slices in alternating overlapping layers on a plate, and steam for 10 minutes.
  10. Meanwhile parboil the greens in chicken stock until soft, then
  11. arrange them around the chicken and ham.
  12. In a little saucepan, warm about half a cup of chicken stock with salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate and cornstarch (corn flour);
  13. stir to
  14. make it smooth;
  15. add sesame seed oil and
  16. pour it over the chicken and ham.
  17. 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.

Keywords: boiling, broccoli, cabbage, chicken, chinese, cooked, corn, cornstarch, dessert, flour, glutamate, green, ham, hwa, kin, monosodium, oil, salt, seed, sesame
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