Imitation or Real Shark Fins and Wings

Fish and Seafood

Imitation or Real Shark Fins and Wings
Ingredients:
½ cup fresh real or prepared imitation shark fins
10 large double-bone chicken wings, bones removed
and discarded
2 slices fresh ginger, minced
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
3 Tablespoons cooked Yunnan ham, minced
1 thick slice cooked bamboo shoot, minced
½ cup chicken stock
1 Tablespoon Chinese rice wine
1 Tablespoon lard
1 Tablespoon thin soy sauce
1 Tablespoon water chestnut powder mixed with same
amount of cold water

Preparation:
1. Simmer shark fin in boiling water with ginger and sugar, then drain, and put them on a heat-proof plate.
2. Mix rest of shark fin with ham, minced bamboo shoots, soy sauce, wine, and lard and simmer for twenty minutes, then cool, and stuff into the chicken wings and put them around the outside of the plate.
3. Steam for fifteen minutes, drain liquid into a small pot, add the water chestnut powder mixture, bring to the boil stirring, and when thickened, pour over fins and wings, and serve.

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