Serves: 6
Total Calories: 176
1. Skin and bone chicken breast. Mince or grind coarsely with water chestnuts and scallion.
2. Then blend in cornstarch, soy sauce, sherry and salt. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry, and fold in. Form mixture into walnut-size balls. Meanwhile heat oil.
3. Add chicken balls, a few at a time, and deep-fry until golden. Drain on paper toweling.
4. Drain canned lichee fruit. Reserve syrup and combine in a saucepan with stock. Heat slowly. Meanwhile blend remaining cornstarch and soy sauce to a paste with water. Then stir in to thicken.
5. Add chicken balls and lichee fruit to pan. Stir gently to heat through, and serve.
VARIATION: For the lichee sauce, substitute a sweet-and-pungent sauce (search for " Category: Sweet-and-Pungent Sauces").
The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.
This Deep-Fried Chicken Balls With Lichee Sauce recipe is from the Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.
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