Serves: 4
Total Calories: 414

6 chicken thighs (about 1 pound)
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
6 medium dried black mushrooms
1 medium cucumber
6 green onions, (with tops)
1 tablespoon dry white wine
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger root
1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic

Remove bones and skin from chicken thighs cut chicken into 1 x 1/2-inch pieces. Toss chicken, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, the salt and white pepper in medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate 20 minutes.

Soak mushrooms in hot water 20 minutes or until soft drain. Rinse in warm water drain. Squeeze out excess moisture. Remove and discard stems cut caps into 1/4-inch slices. Pare cucumber cut lengthwise into halves. Remove seeds cut cucumber diagonally into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Cut green onions diagonally into 1-inch pieces. MIx wine, soy sauce, sugar and 1 teaspoon cornstarch.

Heat wok until very hot. Add vegetable oil tilt wok to coat side. Add chicken, mushrooms, gingerroot and garlic stir-fry 2 minutes, separating chicken pieces. Add cucumber stir-fry 1 minute. Add green onions and soy sauce mixture cook and stir 1 minute.

4 servings

**Chicken breasts can be used instead of the thighs. You will need 2 whole chicken breasts (about 2 pounds). To remove bones from chicken thighs, cut down the center of the thigh to the bone separate the meat from the bone. Cucumbers are generally eaten raw in United States, but they are luscious cooked with chicken.

From "Betty Crocker's New Chinese Cookbook." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 4
Total Calories: 414
Calories from Fat: 193

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