Chicken Hankow

Serves Six

Description/Notes:

Tasty chicken baked in a delicious shallot, sherry and soy sauce marinade

Ingredients:

1 chicken, four and a half pound (2kg) oven-ready weight

two and a half pints of water (1.5 litre) water

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 tablespoon dry sherry

1 tablespoon thinly sliced shallot

boiled rice

chopped parsley for garnish

Cooking Instructions:

Joint the chicken, remove skin, and cut the flesh into 1 inch (2.5cm) pieces
Place the carcass and giblets in a pan with the water, cover, and simmer for 2 hours
Drain off the stock and leave in a cool place, preferably overnight, to set
Skim off the fat ad use the stock in accompanying rice dish
One hour before serving marinade the chicken pieces in the soy sauce, sherry and sliced shallot
Place in an envelope of aluminum foil and arrange on a baking dish
Bake at the top of a very hot oven (450F, Gas Mark 8) for 45-60 minutes
Serve the chicken pieces in the thick gravy on a bed of rice and garnish with chopped parsley