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Chinese Recipe : Steamed Chicken with Pineapple

Ingredients:

• 1 spring chicken
  
• Oil for deep frying
  
• 1 stalk leek, cut into small sections
  
• 5 slices ginger
  
• 1 tbsp wine
  
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 1 tbsp sugar
  
• 1 cup canned pineapple chunks
  
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
  
• ½ cup juice from canned pineapple
  
• ½ cup juice from steamed chicken

1. Deep fry whole chicken to golden brown. (Chicken may be halved before deep-frying).
2. Place chicken in bowl. Add leek, ginger, wine, soy sauce, salt and sugar. Steam for 40 minutes or until tender.
3. Remove bones and cut chicken into 2-inch pieces. Place on a serving plate.
4. Heat ½ cup juice from pineapple and ½ cup juice from steamed chicken, adding pineapple chunks and 1 tbsp cornstarch.
5. When mixture thickens, cover chicken with it and serve hot.