Chicken and Rice in a Sandy Clay Plot

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Chicken and Rice in a Sandy Clay Plot Ingredients

Stephen Ceideburg	4 Green onions, including the
2 c Long-grain rice	1 ts Corn starch
2 1/4 c Cold water	1/2 c Chicken stock
6 Chinese dried black	2 tb Rice wine or dry sherry
1/4 c Dried lily buds	1/4 ts White pepper
6 Chicken thighs, preferably	CHICKEN MARINADE:
2 Lean Chinese sausages (about	1 1/2 tb So sauce
1 tb Peanut or corn oil	1 1/2 tb Rice wine or dry sherry
4 Garlic cloves, peeled	1/2 ts Sugar
3 Quarter-sized slices fresh	1 ts Asian sesame oil
1 tb Fermented bean curd (fu yu),	1 1/2 ts Corn starch

Instructions for Chicken and Rice in a Sandy Clay Plot

For entertaining, this recipe makes a fun presentation when prepared in four individual two-cup clay pots. To season a new sandy clay pot and lid, submerge both in cold water overnight. Rinse with cold water until water runs clear. Drain thoroughly. Put rice and water into a 2 1/2 to 3-quart sandy clay pot; set aside. In 2 separate bowls, cover the mushrooms and lily buds with water until soft and pliable, about 30 minutes. Drain. Cut off and discard mushroom stems; cut caps in half. Cut off and discard hard ends of each lily bud; tie each bud into a knot. Set aside. Using a heavy cleaver, chop the chicken crosswise into 3 pieces cleanly through the skin, meat and bone leaving no jagged chopped bones. Toss chicken with marinade; set aside for 20 minutes. Cut sausages into thin diagonal slices. In a preheated wok add oil, garlic and ginger. Stir-fry over medium heat until fragrant, about 10 seconds. Increase heat to high; add chicken and sausages and stir occasionally until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add mashed fermented bean curd to center of wok; toss with chicken mixture. Add mushrooms, lily buds and green onions and stir-fry 30 seconds. Mix cornstarch with chicken stock, wine and pepper to a smooth mixture. Pour into the wok and stir until sauce thickens, about 10 seconds. Remove from heat. Place clay pot over medium-high heat. Boil rice and stir with chopsticks to loosen grains. Continue boiling until surface water is absorbed (about 5 minutes). Pour chicken mixture over rice, cover, reduce heat to low, and cook for 20 minutes. Turn off heat, do not remove lid; let sit for 10 minutes longer. PER SERVING (4 servings): 850 calories, 39 g protein, 84 g carbohydrate, 36 g fat (10 g saturated), 141 mg cholesterol, 777 3 fiber. Marion Cunningham writing in the San Francisco Chronicle, 10/2/91. From Geminis MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

Main Ingredient: ChickenCuisine: Chinese

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