Here is my favourite hot weather Chinese dish...Lemon Chicken:

Cut the chicken into small bite sized pieces, and arrange on a platter under the lettuce leaves...discard the hard centers of the black mushrooms, and shred them into matchstick pieces...squeezing most of the water out, and set them aside with the ginger and peppers. Heat a wok,or non reactive skillet to sizzle, add the oil and a dash of salt and then throw in the ginger, the mushrooms and the peppers. Stir fry this for about 1-2 minutes, and the lemon rind, stir this around and add the chicken stock, Chinese wine and the lemon juice..AT THIS POINT ADD AS MUCH SUGAR AS YOU THINK IT NEEDS but go easy!!This dish will be served cold so it will not need as much...try about 3 tbls of sugar and if you have a sweet tooth(or are not diabetic,like me)add more. Then add the dash of light soy sauce, and the cornstarch mixture and cook to thicken...let this cool completely, it can be done away ahead of time, and then pour it over the chicken on the lettuce bed...throw a good couple of squirts of sesame oil over all, and serve cold...this is just great with rice or noodles or even potato salad, and I have a good Chinese potato salad...would you call this cross dressing, Rael?

From: Doug Irvine
Posted By: Doug Irvine, dougandmarie@home.com
Post Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998