Szechwan White Cut Chicken With Spicy Peanut Sauce
Serves:
Ingredients:
1 1/2
lb
Chicken breasts
1
tb
Minced green onion
1/2
ts
Ground rd pepper
1/2
ts
Sesame oil
2
ts
White vinegar
2
tb
Sugar
2
tb
Soy sauce
2 1/2
tb
Salad oil
1 1/2
tb
Creamy peanut butter
Peanut Sauce:
1
c
Shredded iceberg lettuce
2
c
Water
1/2
ts
Each salt and sugar
1
tb
Dry sherry
ginger, crushed
1
Quarter-size slice of fresh
half
1
Whole green onion, cut in
1
tb
Fresh cilantro
Method:
Place chicken in a 2-quart pan with the onion, ginger, sherry, salt, sugar and water.
Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Remove from heat and let stand until chicken is cool enough to handle.
Strain broth and save for soup.
Remove and discard skin from chicken.
Pull meat from bones, then pull meat in long shreds.
If made ahead, cover and chill.
Sauce - Stir together peanut butter and salad oil until blended.
Stir in soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, sesame oil, red pepper, green onion and cilantro.
To serve, mound lettuce on a serving platter.
Arrange shredded chicken over lettuce.
Drizzle peanut sauce over all.