Hop Ho Gai Din (Fried Chicken with Almonds or Walnuts)

Origin: Chicago, Illinois

Source: Sara Bosse and Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton), 1914

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cut only the breast meat of a young chicken into small tubes.
  2. Fry the chicken pieces to a golden brown in two tablespoonfuls of olive oil.
  3. Prepare a cupful of blanched and chopped almonds or walnuts, half a pound of small white mushrooms cut up small, one teaspoonful of onion juice, and two tablespoonfuls of syou.
  4. Add the almond and mushroom mixture to the fried chicken.
  5. Simmer together for half an hour.
  6. Thicken the dish with Quong Sang Chong.
  7. Garnish with a border of nuts before serving.

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