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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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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 6
Calories: 872.2
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
  • 2 1/2 pound Young chicken
  • 1/2 pound Cooked ham
  • 4 cup Green cabbage or broccoli
  • 1/2 tablespoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon Monosodium glutamate
  • 1 tablespoon Cornstarch (corn flour)
  • 1 teaspoon Sesame seed oil
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.

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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