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Chinese Recipe : Abalone Chicken

Ingredients:

A:

• 6 pieces garlic, lightly bashed
  
• 4 stalks spring onion, tied into a knot
  
• 2 oz ginger, lightly bashed

B: mixed in a bowl:

• 4 oz abalone liquid
  
• ¼ tsp salt
  
• ½ tsp MSG
  
• ½ tsp sugar
  
• 1 tsp sesame oil
  
• 1 tsp sherry
  
• Chicken stock (from step 2 below)

C: Thickening:

• 1 tbsp cornflour
  
• 2 tbsp water

• 1 chicken, about 2 ½ lbs
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• Green lettuce and tomato for garnishing
  
• 1 can abalone, 16 oz, cut into slices (reserve liquid)
  
• 1 tbsp lard

Directions:

1. Wash chicken well and rub 1 tsp salt all over the skin of chicken. Stuff chicken with A and leave for ½ hour.
2. Place chicken on an enamel plate. Pour 3 tbsp boiling water over chicken. Bring a large saucepan of water to a rapid boil. Place a metal steaming rack in saucepan and steam chicken till cooked (30 to 45 minutes). Cut into pieces when chicken is cool. Reserve stock for gravy.
3. Place lettuce on a large serving plate, arrange the sliced abalone on top and then chicken.
4. Boil B in a saucepan, stir in C and allow to boil. Add the lard, stir and pour over chicken and abalone Garnish with sliced tomato. Serve immediately.