Boo Loo Gai (Pineapple Chicken)
Origin: Chicago, Illinois
Source: Sara Bosse and Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton), 1914
Ingredients
- 1 young chicken
- 1 tablespoon sweet lard
- 1 tablespoon syou
- 1 can preserved pineapple
- 1 teaspoon Quong Sang Chong
Instructions
- Wash and singe the young chicken, then cut off all the flesh.
- Slice the chicken meat.
- Heat a tablespoon of sweet lard in a pan.
- Fry the chicken slices, taking care not to let them burn.
- Add a tablespoon of syou and a can of preserved pineapple to the pan.
- Cook slowly for fifteen minutes.
- Thicken the pineapple juice with a teaspoon of Quong Sang Chong.
- Serve hot with rice.