A Chinese recipe: Chengdu spiced chicken. Sort of.

[kurukami]

Last night, after getting off work around 7:30, I biked over to the market to pick up a few ingredients. Sadly, they didn't have everything I was looking for, but they had enough that I was able to make do and come up with a variation on...

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[daiseechain]

This looks really good. I was just this morning thinking how much I needed a wok again, and then I browse through my flist entries, and lo! A decent recipe for it.

I shall use bamboo shoots though. Can't stand celery.

[kurukami]

You're the second person I know who can't stand celery. *grin*

Where do you track down bamboo shoots? I haven't been able to find them at my local markets. Bean sprouts, sure, julienned carrot bits, sure, but not bamboo shoots. : (

[daiseechain]

Probably in my back garden. I have bamboo growing wild there. Or at least, slightly annoyed. Failing that, in the nearest Chinese food wholesaler I can find. Luckily, I live not too far from London, so there's always that as a fall back.

As a last resort, I believe it used to be possible to get them in cans.

[kurukami]

Hmmm, actually I think I may have seen them at the local broad-variety discount market. They carry some really esoteric stuff, actually...

*grin* Growing mildly displeased in your backyard, eh?