Umani (Chicken With Vegetables)
1 Tbsp. butter, vegetable oil or chicken fat
1 chicken (2-2-1/2 lbs.) cut in small pieces
2 cups carrots diced or cut into triangular shape
1 can mushrooms
2 cups bamboo sprouts cut like carrots
2 cups water chestnuts
2 cups gobo, boiled first in vinegar and water to keep from getting dark. One part vinegar to three of water.
Saute' chicken in the fat. Add 1 cup water and simmer for 15-20 minutes. Add carrots and cook 10 minutes. Add rest of the ingredients—mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo sprout, gobo and cook 5 minutes. Add 3 tbsp. sugar, 1-1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. gourmet powder, 1/4 cup shoyu and cook 25 minutes or more--shaking the suacepan up and down occasionally in order to mix the ingredient. Boil 1 cup Chinese peas in salted water for about 3 minutes and use as garnish before serving.
