Chinese Boiled Chicken With Onions Chow Yow Gai Recipes

CHINESE BOILED CHICKEN WITH ONIONS - CHOW YOW GAI

Steps:

• Fill a large kettle with water and bring to a boil. (An 8-quart pot two-thirds filled with water works great for a 2 1/2 to 3-pound bird.)
• When the water boils, place the whole cleaned chicken into it. When the water stops boiling, take the chicken out.
• Cover the pot and when the water again boils, place the chicken back in the pot. Cover the pot and turn off the heat. Leave the chicken in the pot and the pot on the burner. After one hour, the chicken is done. Remove, and cool.
• Debone the chicken and tear the meat into small strips.
• Place them on a large platter.
• Clean the green onions, and split each onion down the middle. Then cut them up into 1/2-inch pieces and place over the mound of chicken.
• Pour the soy sauce and the sesame oil over the chicken.
• Pour the salt over the onions.
• When you are ready to serve, pour the hot peanut oil over onions and chicken.
• Toss like salad and serve.

BASIL EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) - PUD MAKUA YOW

Steps:

• Peel eggplant if desired.
• Slice the eggplant into irregular shapes for easy turning while cooking.
• When it is sliced into rounds it makes it difficult to flip around the pan.
• Heat a pan or wok to medium high.
• Add oil, chili peppers and garlic.
• Stir until the garlic is toasted slightly.
• Add eggplant and stir.
• Add a cup of water and cover the pan.
• Keep the lid closed until the eggplant is cooked, about 5 minutes.
• Almost all of the water should be evaporated.
• Continue to cook if eggplant is not done to your liking.
• Add fish sauce and sugar.
• Stir.
• Add basil and quickly stir.
• Remove from heat and serve.

CHOW YOW GAI RECIPE

Steps:

• Toss cooked chicken pieces, lettuce, onion and soy sauce in glass bowl. Heat peanut oil in saucepan over med.-med. high heat just until smoke begins to roll off top of oil. Quickly remove oil from heat and pour over tossed mixture being careful of splattering due to residual water in lettuce. Toss mixture gently. Lettuce and onion will wilt and soy sauce will be absorbed into veggies and chicken when hot oil is added.