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Title: Steamed Chicken With Ginger
Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

  ----------------------------CHICKEN-----------------------------------
      1    chicken (3 1/2 lb.)
      1    salt
      2    green onions
      3 sl ginger root (1/4-inch-thick)
      4    cilantro sprigs
    1/2    bunch watercress
 
  ------------------------------SAUCE-----------------------------------
      2 tb light soy sauce
      2 tb chicken broth
      2 tb minced green onions
      1 tb lemon juice
      1 tb chopped cilantro
      1 ts minced ginger root
      1 cl garlic, minced
      1 ts sesame oil
    1/2 ts sugar

Instructions

Season inside cavity of chicken with salt to taste. Cut white bulb
end of green onions into eighths and put inside chicken cavity with
ginger. Tie legs of chicken together and tuck wings under chicken.
Put chicken on platter and place cilantro sprigs on top of chicken.
Put 1 inch water in bottom of steamer and put platter on rack in
steamer. Bring to simmer. Cover and steam until juice runs clear when
pricked with a fork, about 1 hour. Check water level periodically
during steaming and add more water if needed.
Remove chicken from steamer. Remove cilantro, green onions and
ginger from chicken. Remove skin from chicken, cut chicken into
pieces and bone. Slice meat and arrange on platter. Garnish with
watercress.
Sauce: Combine soy sauce, broth, green onions, lemon juice,
cilantro, ginger, garlic, sesame oil and sugar. Serve with chicken.

From article on steaming by Donna Deane, Los Angeles Times, in the
Buffalo News. Typed for you by Joan MacDiarmid.

From: Joan Macdiarmid Date: 27 Apr 98

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