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The Cartoon Kitchen: Lisa's Cold Chicken

Posted by Ed Levine, April 20, 2008

This week's Cartoon Kitchen features Serious Eats' cartoonist in residence Larry Gonick's spin on cold chicken. —Ed Levine

Lisa's Cold Chicken

Ingredients

1 whole chicken
Cilantro
Green onion
Sesame seeds or crushed peanuts (optional)
Hoisin sauce

Procedure

1. Place the chicken in a large stockpot; cover with water. Remove chicken, and boil water.

2. Return chicken to pot; bring to a boil again. Turn off heat; let chicken sit, cooling, for 45 minutes.

3. With your fingers, remove breast meat whole; slice across the grain. Arrange on platter; garnish with cold cilantro and green onion. Sprinkle with sesame seed or crushed peanuts. Serve with Chinese hoisin sauce on the side.

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