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Chinese Recipe : Empress Chicken

Ingredients:

• 6 Chicken wings and 6 legs of spring chicken, about 2 ½ lbs
  
• 1 small bamboo shoot, cut into small slices
  
• 1 stalk leek
  
• 4 slices ginger
  
• 6 tbsp oil
  
• 2 tbsp wine
  
• 8 tbsp soy sauce
  
• 2 cups broth or water
  
• 1 tbsp sugar
  
• 3 tbsp green peas
  
• Dash of MSG

Directions:

1. Wash chicken in warm water.
2. Cut bamboo shoot into small slices and leek into ½ inch pieces.
3. Heat oil in pan and fry leek and ginger for a few minutes. Then add chicken and bamboo and continue to fry.
4. When chicken changes color, add wine and soy sauce.
5. Add sufficient broth or water to cover chicken and cook for 20 minutes.
6. Add sugar and turn fire to low flame. Simmer for 1 hour.
7. Add green peas toward end of simmering period. Then add MSG and serve hot.