Sweet and Pungent Chicken

Ingredients

• 3.5 pounds young chicken
• 1 dessert-spoonful salt
• 2 tablespoonfuls sugar
• 2 cupfuls vinegar
• 0.5 onion onion
• 1 tablespoonful sweet lard
• 2 tablespoonfuls syou

Instructions

1. Clean and singe the chicken, then remove all the bones.
2. Lay the chicken in a stone dish.
3. Pour enough boiling vinegar mixture (2 cupfuls vinegar, 1 dessert-spoonful salt, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar) over the chicken to cover well.
4. Cover and put away in a cool place for twenty-four hours.
5. Chop half an onion and fry it to light brown in sweet lard or chicken fat to prepare a brown gravy.
6. Cut the chicken into quarters and put in a pan with 2 tablespoonfuls of syou.
7. Simmer very gently for half an hour.
8. Serve with rice.