Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Een Tow, Wat Kai

(Minced Chicken and Baked Beans)
Three Persons

1/2 steamed chicken, large.
1 small tin baked beans.

Method: Chop chicken into small pieces. Pour a little stock into a frying pan. Turn baked beans into this and make thoroughly hot. Add the chicken chopped into small pieces. Mix a tablespoon Chinese sauce and pour over chicken. Bring to boil and cook for a few minutes. Add a little fat, if desired. Serve in deep dish.

Source: Azhar Ilias Abbas Recipes of the Orient Selected From Easily Obtainable Ingredients (Adelaide: Rigby, 1962), p.42.
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