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       Title: CHICKEN CHOWED WITH BLACK BEANS
  Categories: Chinese, Chicken
       Yield: 4 servings
  
       3 lb Chicken, hacked into
            2″ pieces
 
 -------------------------MARINADE-------------------------
       2 tb Light soy sauce
       2 tb Cornstarch
       1 ea Egg white
       1 ts Salt
       2 tb Peanut oil
 
 ------------------------ADDITIONAL------------------------
       4 tb Peanut oil
       3 ea Cloves garlic, chopped fine
       1 ea Yellow onion, peeled and
            -cut into 1″ pieces
       3 tb Fermented black beans (dow
            -see) rinsed in plain water
            -and mashed with
       2 tb Dry sherry
       2 ea Green sweet bell peppers
            -cored and cut julienne
 
 ------------------------FINAL SAUCE------------------------
       1 tb Light soy sauce
       2 tb Dry sherry
       1 c  Chicken stock
       1 ts Brown sugar
  
   Cut the chicken and soak in the marinade for 15
   minutes.  Heat a wok and add 2 T of the oil.  Drain
   the marinade from the chicken and reserve. Brown the
   chicken pieces well in the wok, then remove and set
   aside. Drain the oil from the wok and discard.  Heat
   the wok again and add the remaining 2 T oil.  Chow the
   garlic for a moment and add the onions and the dow see
   mashed with the sherry.  Chow for a moment and add the
   green peppers. Return the chicken to the wok along
   with the reserved marinade. Add the ingredients for
   the final sauce.  Stir well and cover.  Simmer the
   dish until the chicken is tender but not overcooked,
   about 20 minutes.
  
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