Red cooked chicken with mushrooms

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs chicken, cut into pieces
• 2 scallions, cut into 2 inch sections
• 4 slices fresh ginger
• 1 whole star anise
• 1 T sugar
• 1/2 t salt
• 3 T soy sauce
• 2 T sherry, or cooking wine
• 1/2 C water
• 7 mushrooms, soaked, cut into quarters

Directions:

Brown chicken and mushroom in oil. Add scallions, ginger, star anise, sugar, salt, soy sauce. Stir fry a min, cover and cook over medium-low heat 30 min, then reduce to low to reduce the liquid. Remove the star anise when serving.