Chicken With Two Onions In Sand Pot

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 lbs chicken, hacked into 2 inch pieces
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 2 yellow onions, peeled and cut into 8 wedges, divide wedges into leaves
• 6 green onions, slivered
• 1 pinch brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon five-spice powder
• 1/2 head iceberg lettuce, torn up
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons dry sherry or 3 tablespoons rice wine
• 1 teaspoon ginger, either cut julienne or grated
• 4 tablespoons peanut oil
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 cut the chicken and mix with the marinade. allow to sit for 15 minutes.
• 2 heat the wok and add half the oil.
• 3 stir-fry the garlic and salt for just a moment.
• 4 add the chicken, drained of the marinade.
• 5 reserve the marinade.
• 6 brown the chicken on all sides and add the broth
• 7 cover and cook until the chicken is done to your taste.
• 8 remove the cover and allow the broth to reduce a bit.
• 9 remove all from the wok and set aside.
• 10 heat the wok and add the rest of the oil.
• 11 cook the onions until the yellow ones begin to brown a bit.
• 12 return the chicken to the wok along with the other ingredients, except the lettuce, but including the marinade.
• 13 stir-fry for a few moments so that all is hot.
• 14 place the lettuce in a 4 quart sand pot or stove top casserole.
• 15 top with the chicken and onions and cover.
• 16 place on the stove and heat until the pot is very hot.
• 17 serve immediately.