Lau Lau’s Recipes

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. [...]

Also called “fish flavored eggplant” because the seasonings are similar to those for a Chinese fish dish. The recipe itself is slightly modified from Florence Lin’s Chinese Regional Cookbook.

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