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       Title: CHINESE CHICKEN WITH RICE
  Categories: Chinese, Chicken, Rice, Microwave
       Yield: 4 servings
  
       1 md Onion
     1/4 c  Soy sauce, divided
       1 tb Butter or margarine, melted
       1    Whole broiler-fryer
       2 c  Water
       2    Chicken bouillon cubes
     1/2 ts Salt
       1 c  Uncooked rice
     1/8 ts Ground black pepper
       3    Ribs celery, diagonally
            -sliced
       8 oz Fresh mushrooms, thinly
            -sliced
       8 oz Snow peas (fresh or frozen)
  
   Cut onion in half; dice one half and thinly slice
   other half; set aside. Combine 1 tablespoon soy sauce
   and the butter in a small bowl; brush chicken with
   part of the mixture; reserving the rest.  Place
   chicken, breast side down, on a rack in a large,
   shallow microwave dish. Cover loosely with waxed
   paper; microcook for 15 minutes at Medium. Remove from
   microwave and turn chicken breast side up.  Brush
   generously with soy-butter mixture.  Cover with waxed
   paper and microcook for 15 minutes longer, or until
   fork can be inserted into leg with ease and leg moves
   freely when lifted or twisted.  Meanwhile, combine
   water, diced onion, bouillon cubes, and salt in small
   saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil; add
   rice.  Reduce heat to low and cook, covered, for 20
   minutes or until rice is done.  Remove chicken from
   microwave and let stand for 10 minutes.  Reserve pan
   drippings.  Remove chicken meat from bones and cut
   into bite-sized pieces.  Discard skin and bones.  Mix
   the remaining soy sauce with ground pepper and pour
   over chicken; set aside. Combine sliced onion, celery,
   and pan drippings in a large microwave bowl. Cover and
   microcook for 2 minutes at High, stirring after 1
   minute.  Add mushrooms and pea pods.  Microcook at
   high for 2 minutes longer, stirring after 1 minute.
   Add the chicken and the rice; toss to mix thoroughly.
   Serve hot.
   
   Woman’s Day  MEALS IN MINUTES  August 1985
   
   Posted by Fred Peters
  
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