WALNUT CHICKEN
Reading edition
1 young chicken ½ lb. walnut or almond meats ⅓ lb. water chestnuts 10 large sized black mushrooms
Fry nut meats in oven until slightly brown or crisp.
Remove meat of chicken from bones and cut into small cubes and fry in hot pan with a little fat.
Soak mushrooms in warm water and cut into cubes.
Blanch and cut water chestnuts into cubes, then fry mushrooms and chestnuts in same manner as chicken.
Add mushrooms and chestnuts to chicken, with a small piece of ginger chopped fine and a dash of soy bean sauce, pepper and salt to taste. To this mixture add the browned nut meats stirring the whole thing well. Serve hot.