Thursday, April 30, 2009

CHICKEN & VEG BUNDLES


Ingredients

1/2lb of skinless , boneless chicken thingh
2 tsp cornflour (corn starch)
3tsp of light soy sauce
1 /2 tsp salt
2tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp of ground white pepper
4 fresh or dry shiitake mushroom
1/2 cup sliced drained canned bamboo shoots
1 small carrot
1 small zucchini
1 large leek
1.Remove any fat from the chicken thinghs and cut each side as you like.Place in a bowl and add the cornflour, half of the soy sauce,salt and white pepper and mix well. Cover and marinate for 15 minutes.
2.discard the muchroom (if dry muchroom,leave the muchroom in warm water for 20minutes.)then cut it a bout 4 in each .cut the carrot ,zucchini and bamboo and place it in a bowl.
3.Boil a pan of water ,Cut the leek in a half . Add the leek and blanch untill soft. Drain then and slide the leek down.
4.Wrap a strip of leek around a portion of each chicken and vegetable to make neat bundles.
5.Place the chicken and vegetable bundles in the steamer cover and steam for 5minutes.If the bundles are big steam for 10-12 munutes or until the filling is cooked.
6.Mix the remainging soy sauce with the sesame oil and use as a sauce for the bundles or you can pour over the bundles befor you serve .